Bible Verses About Parents

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

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

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah are they, And their offspring with them.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they--they are to Me for a people.

Leave thine orphans--I do keep alive, And thy widows--on Me trust ye,