Bible Verses About Family and Children
Verses about parents, children, and loving your family well.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go. When he is old, he will not turn away from it.
- Psalm 127:3
Children are truly a gift from the LORD. Babies are a reward from him.
- Ephesians 6:1-4
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right. 2"Honor your father and mother." This is the first commandment that comes with a promise. 3"Then it will go well with you, and you will live a long life on the earth." 4Fathers, do not make your children angry. Instead, raise them with the Lord's training and teaching.
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7
6Keep these words I am commanding you today in your hearts. 7Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up.
- Joshua 24:15
But maybe you do not want to serve the LORD. Then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. Will it be the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living? But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!"
- Colossians 3:20-21
20Children, obey your parents in everything. This pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not make your children angry. If you do, they will lose heart.
- Mark 10:14
When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He told them, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them! The kingdom of God belongs to people like these.
- Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Psalm 103:17
But the LORD's faithful love lasts forever and ever for those who fear him. His righteousness goes on to their grandchildren,
- 3 John 1:4
Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
All verses from the Readable English Bible (READ), a free, open-source Bible in clear, simple English.