Quotes about Parenting
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
- Proverbs 23:24
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- Proverbs 27:11
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Proverbs 29:15
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Proverbs 29:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
- Proverbs 30:17
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
- Proverbs 31:2
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
- Isaiah 45:10
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
- Isaiah 51:18
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- Matthew 7:9
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
- Luke 1:62
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
- John 4:49