Parenting & Children Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on parenting & children bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, what?
Answer: He will not depart from it
Study note. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
Lesson 2 · Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)
What does Paul tell fathers not to do?
Answer: Provoke not your children to wrath
Study note. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)
Lesson 3 · Ephesians 6:1 (KJV)
What are children to do?
Answer: Obey your parents in the Lord
Study note. Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (Ephesians 6:1)
Lesson 4 · Ephesians 6:2 (KJV)
What is the first commandment with promise?
Answer: Honour thy father and mother
Study note. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Ephesians 6:2-3)
Lesson 5 · Psalms 127:3 (KJV)
What are children called in Psalm 127?
Answer: An heritage of the LORD
Study note. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psalm 127:3)
Lesson 6 · Proverbs 22:15 (KJV)
What is the rod of correction said to do?
Answer: Drive foolishness far from him
Study note. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15)
Lesson 7 · Deuteronomy 6:7 (KJV)
What did Moses tell Israel to teach their children?
Answer: These words... thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children
Study note. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
Lesson 8 · 2 Timothy 1:5 (KJV)
From whom did Timothy learn the holy scriptures as a child?
Answer: His grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice
Study note. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice. (2 Timothy 1:5)
Lesson 9 · 2 Timothy 3:15 (KJV)
How long had Timothy known the scriptures?
Answer: From a child
Study note. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15)
Lesson 10 · Matthew 19:14 (KJV)
What did Jesus say when His disciples rebuked those bringing children?
Answer: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not
Study note. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19:14)
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does parenting & children bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?