100 Bible Verses About Parenting

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.