Bible Verses about “adult children”
The Bible contains 50 verses about adult children across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”
“And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“¶ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.”
“Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
“¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
“¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.”
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];”
“¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
“¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.”
“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
“¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“¶ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].”
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
“‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›”
“¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.”
“¶ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.”
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
“¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.”
“¶ A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.”
“If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”
“‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›”
“‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›”
“But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›”
“¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”
“¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.”
“¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.”
“¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
“¶ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”
“¶ By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.”
“¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.”
“¶ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.”
“¶ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.”
“¶ The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.”
“¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”
“¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.”
“For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.”
“¶ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.”
“¶ Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.”
“For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.”
“That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.”
“Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,”