Bible Verses About Parenting
Parenting in scripture blends instruction with tenderness — training children up, but never at the cost of provoking or discouraging them.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
One of the most quoted parenting verses — a long-view promise, not an instant one.
Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
A caution alongside the instruction — how you raise them matters as much as what you teach.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children...
Faith passed on through ordinary conversation, not just formal teaching.
Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Children framed as a gift received, not a burden managed.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Correction linked directly to love and delight, not frustration.