What Does the Bible Say About Loving Your Child?

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 John 3:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Proverbs 29:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond.

Proverbs 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

15 Bible Verses about Loving Your Child

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 John 3:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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15 Bible Verses about Loving Your Child

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Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 John 3:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes