Top 100 Bible Verses for Parents

Being a parent is not merely a label, but a big responsibility and a duty that requires a heart of sacrifice and compassion. Parents who desire to see their children blossom within the love of Christ should consider rearing their children with the guidance of scripture. 

What is the definition of a parent? By definition, it means one who “brings forth, produces” someone else. It is a valuable and great responsibility to bring forth another life through the grace of God. Remember to love your children the way God loved you and forgive them, as God has forgiven you. 

Here are Bible verses for parental guidance: 

1. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11, ESV
2. And so train the young women to love their husbands and children,  to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.- Titus 2:4-5, ESV
3. For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ – Matthew 15:4, ESV
4. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” – Malachi 4:6, ESV
5. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. – Romans 12:10, ESV
6. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. – Ephesians 5:33, ESV
7. For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. – Hebrews 12:10, ESV
8. But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void of the Word of God. – Matthew 15:5-6, ESV
9. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. – Colossians 3:20, ESV
10. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. – 1 Timothy 5:4, ESV
11. Do all things without grumbling or questioning, – Philippians 2:14, ESV
12. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. – 1 Corinthians 11:3, ESV
13. So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.  – 1 Peter 5:1-4, ESV
14. That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. – John 5:23, ESV
15. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. – Proverbs 1:8-9, ESV
16. By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. – 1 John 3:16, ESV
17. Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. – 1 Peter 5:5, ESV
18. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. – Acts 17:10-11, ESV
19. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4, ESV
20. This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. – John 5:18-20, ESV
21. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. – Ephesians 6:1, ESV
22. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. – Proverbs 13:20, ESV
23. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11, ESV
24. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. – John 5:21-22, ESV
25. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, – 2 Timothy 3:16, ESV
26. And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. – 2 Timothy 3:15, ESV
27. Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. – Proverbs 13:24, ESV
28. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, – John 5:23-24,ESV.
29. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8, ESV
30. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, – 1 Timothy 3:4, ESV
31. Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. – Proverbs 23:13, ESV
32. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, – Ephesians 5:25, ESV
33. “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. – Deuteronomy 5:16, ESV
34. Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. – Proverbs 29:17, ESV
35. 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
36. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 11:19, ESV
37. But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – 1 Timothy 5:8, ESV
38. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. – Colossians 3:18, ESV
39. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; – James 1:19, ESV
40. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:14, ESV
41. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16, ESV
42. He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” – Matthew 17:5, ESV
43. The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. – Proverbs 29:15, ESV
44. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. – Proverbs 31:28-30, ESV
45. Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death. – Proverbs 19:18, ESV
46. Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. – 1 Samuel 2:30, ESV
47.  If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. – Proverbs 23:14, ESV
48. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7, ESV
49. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. – Proverbs 1:8, ESV
50. “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. – Exodus 21:17, ESV
51. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. – Exodus 20:12, ESV
52. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. – Proverbs 31:31, ESV
53. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. – 1 Peter 3:7, ESV
54. “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. – 1 Timothy 5:1, ESV
55. “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. – Deuteronomy 21:18-21, ESV
56. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” – Ephesians 6:2-3, ESV
57. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3, ESV
58. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV
59. It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? – Hebrews 12:7, ESV
60. “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.  – Leviticus 19:2, ESV
61. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. – John 3:17, ESV
62. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. – 1 Peter 1:3-5, ESV
63. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. – Proverbs 22:15, ESV
64. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:3, ESV
65. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. – Luke 14:26, ESV
66. But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, – 2 Timothy 3:1-2, ESV
67. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. – Ephesians 6:1, ESV
68. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? – 2 Corinthians 6:14, ESV
69. Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. – Proverbs 23:22, ESV
70. Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” – John 3:3, ESV
71. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. – Proverbs 23:25, ESV
72. For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God. – Matthew 15:4-6, ESV
73. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. – Psalm 103:13, ESV
74. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:1-4, ESV
75. If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. – Hebrews 12:8, ESV
76. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. – Jeremiah 29:11, ESV
77. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. – Proverbs 10:1, ESV
78. An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. – Proverbs 31:10-11, ESV
79. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. – Ephesians 6:2-3, ESV
80. “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. – Exodus 21:15-17, ESV
81. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:3, ESV
82. If we confess our sins , he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1:9, ESV
83. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. – Colossians 3:21, ESV
84. And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.” – Luke 18:28-30, ESV
85. “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. – Exodus 21:15, ESV
86. Who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant. – Deuteronomy 33:9, ESV
87. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness? – 1 Corinthians 4:21, ESV
88. Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, – Matthew 10:21, ESV
89.  Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, – Proverbs 1:5, ESV
90. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” – Malachi 4:5-6, ESV
91. Besides these, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? – Hebrews 12:9, ESV
92. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; – 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, ESV
93. Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, – Romans 1:30, ESV
94. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. – 2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV
95. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24, ESV
96. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13, ESV
97. With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. – Ephesians 4:2-3, ESV
98. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7, ESV
99. The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. – Proverbs 30:17, ESV
100. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – 1 Timothy 5:4-8, ESV