Bible Verses About Bad Parents

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 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.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

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

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

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 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.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

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

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

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

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.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.