Bible Verses About Parenthood

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.