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17 Bible Verses About Grandparents

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9 and Joel 1:3 tell God’s people to pass on what they saw to their children’s children, and Exodus 10:2 gives that telling as a purpose of the signs in Egypt.
  • Paul names Timothy’s grandmother Lois and mother Eunice as the ones in whom his faith first lived (2 Timothy 1:5).
  • Proverbs 17:6 calls grandchildren “a crown to the aged”, and Psalm 128:6 blesses a person with living to see them.
  • Jacob blessed his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh after saying he had never expected to see Joseph again (Genesis 48:9-11).
  • 1 Timothy 5:4 gives children and grandchildren the first duty of caring for a widowed parent or grandparent.

The Bible tells God’s people to teach their grandchildren what they have seen God do, and it counts grandchildren as a blessing of old age. Deuteronomy 4:9 gives that charge, Proverbs 17:6 calls grandchildren “a crown to the aged,” and Paul traces Timothy’s faith back to his grandmother Lois (2 Timothy 1:5). What each generation is to tell the next Deuteronomy 4:9 “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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