Bible Verses about “raising a child”

“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.”

“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”

“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”

“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”

“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.”

“¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”

“¶ 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 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.”

“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.”

“Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”

“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];”

“Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”

“‹Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.›”

“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:”

“¶ 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.”

“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

“¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.”

“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?”

“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.”