Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About how to raise a child
11 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about how to raise a child? Browse 11 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 22:6 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way” |
11 Key Scriptures
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.”
“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen”
“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. for: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die”
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. to: or, to edify profitably”
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