What does the Bible say about parent child relationship?

15 verses about parent child relationship, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about parent child relationship

1. Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 7 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. 6 votes
3. Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 5 votes
4. Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 5 votes
5. Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 4 votes
6. Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 3 votes
7. Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 3 votes
8. Philippians 2:14 — Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 3 votes
9. Deuteronomy 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 2 votes
10. Proverbs 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 2 votes
11. Proverbs 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 2 votes
12. Proverbs 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 2 votes
13. Proverbs 23:25 — Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 2 votes
14. Hebrews 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 2 votes
15. James 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (7), Ephesians (2), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), Hebrews (1), James (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.