19 Bible Verses About Parents and Children, and What Each Is Asked to Do

The Bible gives instructions to both children and parents, and in Paul’s letters the two come together: children are to obey, and fathers are not to exasperate or embitter their children. Ephesians 6:1 tells children to obey their parents, and three verses later Paul tells fathers not to exasperate their children; Colossians 3:20-21 pairs the same instructions. The Old Testament puts the teaching of children into ordinary daily life (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). The nineteen verses below cover the paired instructions, how…