Bible Verses About Parents

Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.

For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

Though hande ioyne in hande, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall escape.

The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.

He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

Correct thy sonne and he will giue thee rest, and will giue pleasures to thy soule.

THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.

Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,

Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in the graue, because thou hast destroied thine owne lande, and slaine thy people: the seede of the wicked shall not be renoumed for euer.

But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.

Can a woman forget her childe, and not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? though they should forget, yet wil I not forget thee.

They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.

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

But haue walked after the stubbernesse of their owne heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers taught them,

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

Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.