Bible Verses about “parent”
Found 31 verses (ordered by relevance) about “parent” in the KJV version of the Bible
“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.”
“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“¶ 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.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“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.”
“¶ 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 thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:”
“Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›”
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”
“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?”
“For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.”
“Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.”
“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.”
“Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.”
“Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”