What Does the Bible Say About Single Parents?

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 31 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 54:5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.

Exodus 22:22-24 ESV / 29 helpful votes

You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

Job 24:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Romans 8:1-16:27 ESV / 13 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Psalm 146:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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

Psalm 68:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

1 Samuel 1:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

2 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 10:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Proverbs 1:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Exodus 22:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

Jeremiah 49:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.”

Proverbs 3:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

James 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Hosea 14:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”

1 Timothy 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ...

40 Bible Verses about Single Parents

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 54:5 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 22:22-24 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 24:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1-16:27 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 146:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 68:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 29:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 1:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 10:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 22:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 49:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 118:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 14:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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