Bible verses about Parents
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Receive their children from God
Genesis 33:5; I Samuel 1:27; Psalms 127:3- THEIR DUTY TO THEIR CHILDREN IS
- To bring them to Christ
Matthew 19:13,14
- To train them up for God
Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4
- To instruct them in God's word
Deuteronomy 4:9; 11:19; Isaiah 38:19
- To tell them of God's judgments
Joel 1:3
- To tell them of the miraculous works of God
Exodus 10:2; Psalms 78:4
- To command them to obey God
Deuteronomy 32:46; I Chronicles 28:9
- To bless them
Genesis 48:15; Hebrews 11:20
- To pity them
Psalms 103:13
- To provide for them
Job 42:15; II Corinthians 12:14; I Timothy 5:8
- To rule them
I Timothy 3:4,12
- To correct them
Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 23:13; 29:17; Hebrews 12:7
- Not to provoke them
Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21
- Not to make unholy connections for them
Genesis 24:1-4; 28:1,2- Wicked children, a cause of grief to
Proverbs 10:1; 17:25- SHOULD PRAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN
- For their spiritual welfare
Genesis 17:18; I Chronicles 29:19
- When in temptation
Job 1:5
- When in sickness
II Samuel 12:16; Mark 5:23; John 4:46,49- When Faithful
- Are blessed by their children
Proverbs 31:28
- Leave a blessing to their children
Psalms 112:2; Proverbs 11:21; Isaiah 65:23- Sins of, visited on their children
Exodus 20:5; Isaiah 14:20; Lamentations 5:7- Negligence of, sorely punished
I Samuel 3:13- WHEN WICKED
- Instruct their children in evil
Jeremiah 9:14; I Peter 1:18
- Set a bad example to their children
Ezekiel 20:18; Amos 2:4- Good - Exemplified
- Abraham
Genesis 18:19
- Jacob
Genesis 44:20,30
- Joseph
Genesis 48:13-20
- Mother of Moses
Exodus 2:2,3
- Manoah
Judges 13:8
- Hannah
I Samuel 1:28
- David
II Samuel 18:5,33
- Shunammite
II Kings 4:19,20
- Job
Job 1:5
- Mother of Lemuel
Proverbs 31:1
- Nobleman
John 4:49
- Lois and Eunice
II Timothy 1:5- Bad - Exemplified
- Mother of Micah
Judges 17:3
- Eli
I Samuel 3:13
- Saul
I Samuel 20:33
- Athaliah
II Chronicles 22:3
- Manasseh
II Chronicles 33:6
- Herodias
Mark 6:24
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