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Bible verses about parenting

Parents shape souls. These verses encourage the long, patient work of raising children in the love and instruction of the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 6:7 “And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Colossians 3:21 “Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.” Psalms 127:3 “Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.” 3 John 1:4 “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”