Bible Verses About Teaching The Next Generation

Here are 30 verses from the Bible about teaching the next generation:

Deuteronomy 6:7:

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deuteronomy 11:19:

You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Proverbs 22:6:

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Psalm 78:4-6:

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children.
Proverbs 1:8-9:

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck.
Psalm 145:4:

One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.
Ephesians 6:4:

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:15:

and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 4:1-2:

Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding; for I give you good doctrine: do not forsake my law.
Isaiah 38:19:

The living, the living man, he shall praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make known Your truth to the children.
Joel 1:3:

Tell your children about it, let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Deuteronomy 4:9:

Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren,
Psalm 34:11:

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Proverbs 3:1-2:

My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for length of days and long life and peace they will add to you.
Deuteronomy 6:20-21:

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
Proverbs 3:11-12:

My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction; for whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Deuteronomy 31:13:

And that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.
Psalm 71:17:

O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
Proverbs 20:7:

The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him.
1 Timothy 4:12:

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Matthew 18:2-3:

Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Proverbs 23:22:

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Psalm 127:3:

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Matthew 19:14:

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Isaiah 54:13:

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
Proverbs 29:17:

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.
Ephesians 6:1-3:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
Proverbs 13:1:

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
2 Timothy 2:2:

And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
Proverbs 6:20:

My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother.

These verses emphasize the importance of teaching God’s ways and wisdom to the next generation, ensuring that they grow up in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.