47 Bible verses about Parents
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Psalms 103:13
13 Like a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
John 14:2
2 In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
Luke 6:36
36 Therefore be merciful, Even as your Father is also merciful.
Isaiah 9:6
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Hebrews 12:7-11
7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Romans 8:19
19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Proverbs 3:11-13
11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:
12 For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
1 John 3:1
1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
John 14:13
13 Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 1:12
12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
1 John 2:14
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Proverbs 23:24
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Philippians 4:20
20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
Matthew 23:8-10
8 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Matthew 26:53
53 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Isaiah 64:8
8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
Romans 8:32
32 He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
Psalms 68:5
5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
Proverbs 1:8-10
8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:
9 For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
John 1:18
18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Matthew 6:6
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Luke 11:11-14
11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Ephesians 6:4
4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Psalms 103:13-15
13 Like a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Proverbs 15:5
5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Luke 12:32
32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
John 14:21
21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
Romans 8:15-17
15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba{Abba is a Chaldee word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}! Father!"
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
1 John 2:15
15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
Isaiah 63:16
16 For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Matthew 10:29-32
29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion{An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Ephesians 6:1-5
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
3 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."
4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
John 10:28-31
28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one."
31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Isaiah 38:19
19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
John 17:24
24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Colossians 3:20-22
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
Matthew 5:48
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 John 2:13
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
Matthew 11:27
27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Psalms 127:3-6
3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Matthew 6:26
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
Matthew 6:17-19
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Proverbs 17:6
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; The glory of children are their parents.
Proverbs 20:20
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
John 14:23
23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.