Bible Verses About Parents

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; 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.

¶ Though hand join in hand, the wicked 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 just.

¶ 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 while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

¶ 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 bringeth his mother to shame.

¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

¶ The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

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, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, 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 imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, 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.

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