The Lord Will

Bible Verses for Single Parents

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The Lord Will Editorial Team
Reviewed by:
Ugo Candido, Engineer
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Scripture Guidance

Biblical guidance and verses about single parents.

Key verse snapshot

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

Bible Verses about Single Parents

6 Scripture passages on this theme

Ephesians 6:1

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

2 Corinthians 12:14

“Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.”

1 Timothy 5:4

“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”

2 Timothy 3:2

“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”

Colossians 3:20

“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

Hebrews 11:23

“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.”

Apply These Verses to Your Life

Scripture comes alive when we meditate on it and apply it daily. Read these verses in full context, pray for understanding, and ask God how they speak to your situation with single parents.