Bible Verses About Raising Children

"A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent."

Proverbs 15:5 ESV

"Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death."

Proverbs 19:18 ESV

"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him."

Proverbs 22:15 ESV

"That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV

"Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged."

Colossians 3:21 ESV

"Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him."

Proverbs 13:24 ESV

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."

Ephesians 6:4 ESV

"The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother."

Proverbs 29:15 ESV

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

Proverbs 22:6 ESV

"He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: “‘You are my son; today I have become your father.’"

Acts 13:33 NIV