25 Bible Verses About Being A Parent (NIV)

⁶ Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

⁴ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

²¹ Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- ³ "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." ⁴ Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

³ Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. ⁴ Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. ⁵ Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

¹⁵ The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

²⁴ He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. ⁹ They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

³ Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.

¹² "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

⁵ And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, ⁶ because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." ⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ⁸ If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. ⁹ Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! ¹⁰ Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. ¹¹ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

²² Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

⁴ For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

¹⁷ Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

¹⁸ Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

² "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise--

¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

⁸ If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

¹¹ My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, ¹² because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.