31 Bible Verses about Parents Duty To Children

In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them. But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

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

Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.

and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord."

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked -- the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything. Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.read more.
You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac."

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman! Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!"

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations."

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.

Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.