Bible Verses About Raising Godly Children

12 Bible verses about Raising Godly Children to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 13:24

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

2 Timothy 1:5

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Proverbs 1:8-9

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

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