What does the Bible say about loving your children?

12 verses about loving your children, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about loving your children

1. Psalms 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 5 votes
2. 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
3. Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 votes
4. 1 Corinthians 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 4 votes
5. 1 Timothy 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 4 votes
6. Psalms 27:10 — When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 2 votes
7. Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 2 votes
8. Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 2 votes
9. Matthew 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 2 votes
10. John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2 votes
11. 1 Corinthians 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 2 votes
12. Colossians 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (3), Psalms (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Matthew (1), John (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1)

Related topics

• Parents Responsibilities
• Responsibility To Children
• Children And Parents
• Step Parents
• Training Up A Child
• Parents And Children
• Children Leaving Their Parents
• Caring For Children
• Child Rearing
• Adult Children
• Respecting Parents
• Loving Your Son

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.