42 Bible Verses about Raising Children

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,
their prosperity will be great,

Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children

That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:

But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I will lift up My hand to the nations,
and raise My banner to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms,
and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”

He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead, and as an illustration, he received him back.

God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.

Then brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and put them to death.

I raised up some of your sons as prophets
and some of your young men as Nazirites.
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
“I have raised children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against Me.

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Youths oppress My people,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.

“Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

Raise your eyes and look around:
they all gather and come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters will be carried on the hip.

They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.

By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

So He took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

A slave pampered from his youth
will become arrogant later on.