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What Does the Bible Say About Educating Our Children?

Here are 9 Bible verses about educating our children, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 22:6

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

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

  2. #2Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    BSBFathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  3. #3Deuteronomy 6:5-7

    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    BSBAnd you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

  4. #42 Timothy 3:16

    All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    BSBAll Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

  5. #5Proverbs 1:8-9

    My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

    BSBListen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

  6. #6Deuteronomy 11:19

    And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    BSBTeach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

  7. #7Colossians 3:21

    Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

    BSBFathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

  8. #8Proverbs 13:24

    He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

    BSBHe who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

  9. #9Proverbs 29:15

    The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

    BSBA rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

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