Bible Verses about “loving your son”
The Bible contains 50 verses about loving your son across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].”
“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
“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.”
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:”
“¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
“And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;”
“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”
“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”
“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.”
“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”
“¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.”
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
“And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.”
“¶ And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,”
“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.”
“Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;”
“Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;”
“For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
“Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”
“¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
“Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”
“Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.”
“But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:”
“Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and [that] he might comfort your hearts.”
“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
“A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”
“¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”
“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],”
“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”
“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”
“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”
“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:”
“I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;”
“¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:”
“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”
“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:”
“They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.”
“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”
“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”
“To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.”