Parenting is a profound journey filled with joy, love, and challenges. It involves guiding, nurturing, and shaping our children’s lives, preparing them to be compassionate and faithful individuals. The Bible offers timeless wisdom on fulfilling these responsibilities. Here are 140 Bible verses about parenting responsibilities to inspire and support parents in their sacred duty.

Parenting Responsibilities in Teaching Children

• Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
• Psalm 78:4 – “We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.”
• 2 Timothy 3:15 – “and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
• Deuteronomy 4:9 – “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”
• Isaiah 38:19 – “The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.”
• Deuteronomy 11:19 – “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
• Colossians 3:21 – “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Providing for Children

• 1 Timothy 5:8 – “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
• Proverbs 13:22 – “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:14 – “Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.”
• Matthew 7:11 – “If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
• Genesis 30:30 – “The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?”
• Proverbs 19:14 – “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:25-26 – “so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.”
• Ephesians 5:28-29 – “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church.”
• 1 Timothy 3:4-5 – “He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)”

Parenting Responsibilities in Discipline and Correction

• Proverbs 13:24 – “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.”
• Proverbs 23:13-14 – “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.”
• Proverbs 29:15 – “The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.”
• Hebrews 12:7 – “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?”
• Proverbs 19:18 – “Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.”
• Proverbs 29:17 – “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.”
• Proverbs 3:11-12 – “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”
• Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
• Psalm 94:12 – “Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;”

Parenting Responsibilities in Loving and Caring for Children

• 1 John 3:18 – “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
• Titus 2:4 – “Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,”
• Psalm 127:3 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:1 – “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.”
• Matthew 18:5 – “And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”
• Luke 18:16 – “But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'”
• Psalm 103:13 – “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;”
• Isaiah 66:13 – “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7 – “Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,”

Parenting Responsibilities in Setting a Good Example

• 1 Peter 5:3 – “not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”
• Philippians 3:17 – “Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.”
• Titus 2:7-8 – “In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.”
• 1 Timothy 4:12 – “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
• Matthew 5:16 – “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
• John 13:15 – “I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.”
• 1 Corinthians 11:1 – “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”
• Hebrews 13:7 – “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”
• Philippians 4:9 – “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:9 – “We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Praying for Children

• Job 1:5 – “When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.’ This was Job’s regular custom.”
• 3 John 1:4 – “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
• James 5:16 – “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
• 1 Samuel 1:27 – “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.”
• Philippians 1:9 – “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,”
• Colossians 1:9 – “For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,”
• Ephesians 1:16-17 – “I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11 – “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.”
• Romans 1:9 – “God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you”
• Ephesians 3:14-15 – “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Protecting Children

• Psalm 121:7-8 – “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
• Matthew 18:10 – “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”
• Psalm 91:11 – “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3 – “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.”
• Isaiah 54:17 – “no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.”
• Psalm 91:4 – “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
• Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
• Psalm 121:3 – “He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;”
• Psalm 138:7 – “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Encouraging Children

• 1 Thessalonians 5:11 – “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
• Hebrews 10:24-25 – “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
• Ephesians 4:29 – “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
• Proverbs 12:25 – “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.”
• Proverbs 15:4 – “The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”
• Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
• Colossians 4:6 – “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
• Romans 15:2 – “Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”
• 1 Peter 3:15 – “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,”
• Proverbs 16:24 – “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Modeling Integrity

• Proverbs 20:7 – “The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.”
• Psalm 25:21 – “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.”
• Proverbs 11:3 – “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”
• 1 Kings 9:4 – “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,”
• Proverbs 10:9 – “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”
• Proverbs 28:18 – “The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.”
• Job 2:3 – “Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.'”
• Proverbs 4:25-27 – “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.”
• 1 Chronicles 29:17 – “I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.”

Parenting Responsibilities in Instructing Through Wisdom

• Proverbs 2:1-2 – “My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—”
• Proverbs 3:13 – “Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,”
• James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
• Proverbs 24:3-4 – “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”
• Proverbs 19:20 – “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.”
• Proverbs 10:1 – “The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”
• Proverbs 23:15 – “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;”
• Proverbs 29:3 – “A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.”