31 Bible Verses about Parents Duty To Children

so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

“Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

Tell your sons about it,
And let your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.

and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”

We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

He blessed Joseph, and said,
“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.

Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

In all the land no women were found so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Discipline your son while there is hope,
And do not desire his death.

Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also delight your soul.

It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way. Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,read more.
but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!”

and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made provision.”

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.