The best Bible verses for parenting (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for parenting (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"will lose out. They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life!"Mark 10:30
"will lose out. They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life!"Mark 10:30
"He gives childless couples a family, gives them joy as the parents of children. Hallelujah!"Psalms 113:9
"Listen, friends, to some fatherly advice; sit up and take notice so you'll know how to live."Proverbs 4:1
"It's obvious, isn't it, that the law code isn't primarily for people who live responsibly, but for the irresponsible, who defy all authority, riding roughshod over God, life,"1 Timothy 1:9
"Respect your father and mother—God, your God, commands it! You'll have a long life; the land that God is giving you will treat you well."Deuteronomy 5:16
"his father and mother shall forcibly bring him before the leaders at the city gate"Deuteronomy 21:19
"then the father and mother of the girl are to take her with the proof of her virginity to the town leaders at the gate."Deuteronomy 22:15
"God's curse on anyone who has sex with his sister, the daughter of his father or mother. All respond: Yes. Absolutely."Deuteronomy 27:22
"And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become "one flesh.""Ephesians 5:31
"Melchizedek towers out of the past—without record of family ties, no account of beginning or end. In this way he is like the Son of God, one huge priestly presence dominating the landscape always."Hebrews 7:3
"Before that baby says 'Daddy' or 'Mamma' the king of Assyria will have plundered the wealth of Damascus and the riches of Samaria.""Isaiah 8:4
"Would a sperm say to a father, 'Who gave you permission to use me to make a baby?' Or a fetus to a mother, 'Why have you cooped me up in this belly?' ""Isaiah 45:10
"I have signed the death warrant on all the children born in this country, the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them—"Jeremiah 16:3
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for parenting (MSG) are Mark 10:30, Psalms 113:9, Proverbs 4:1. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to parenting (MSG) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for parenting (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.