Bible Verses About Parenting

Scripture takes parenting seriously — its joys, its weight, its long horizons. These verses about parenting steady mothers and fathers in a calling that asks for everything.

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” — Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” — Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” — Psalm 127:3 (KJV)
“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children.” — Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV)

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