What Does the Bible Say About Grandchildren?

Proverbs 17:6 ESV / 119 helpful votes

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Psalm 128:6 ESV / 29 helpful votes

May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!

Proverbs 13:22 ESV / 27 helpful votes

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

1 Timothy 5:3-4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

7 Bible Verses about Grandchildren