What does the Bible say about homeschooling?

11 verses about homeschooling, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about homeschooling

1. Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 5 votes
2. Deuteronomy 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 3 votes
3. Proverbs 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 3 votes
4. John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 3 votes
5. 1 Corinthians 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 3 votes
6. 1 Corinthians 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 3 votes
7. Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 votes
8. Psalms 78:5 — For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 2 votes
9. Colossians 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 2 votes
10. 1 Timothy 6:20 — O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 2 votes
11. 2 Timothy 3:14 — But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 2 votes

Where these verses are

Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Deuteronomy (1), John (1), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1)

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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.