Bible Verses About Parents

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Thoughhandjoinin hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.