What Does the Bible Say About Parents Responsible For Children?

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Luke 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 49:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

10 Bible Verses about Parents Responsible For Children

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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10 Bible Verses about Parents Responsible For Children

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Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote