Verses for Parenting

Colossians 3:21

21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.

Ephesians 6:4

4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Exodus 20:12

12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Hebrews 12:11

11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Proverbs 13:24

24 Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.