10 Bible Verses about Parents Responsible for Children (KJV)

Here are 10 Bible verses about parents responsible for children, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 22:6 KJV

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

⁸But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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Psalm 127:3 KJV

³Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Proverbs 23:13 KJV

¹³Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Luke 2:12 KJV

¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

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Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Isaiah 49:5 KJV

⁵And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

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Isaiah 49:1 KJV

¹Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

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Exodus 21:22-25 KJV

²²If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. ²³And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, ²⁴Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, …

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Genesis 9:6 KJV

⁶Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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