28 Bible Verses about Bad Children

Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Children, obey your fathers and mothers, in all things, for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."

"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Submit yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you, when the time is come.

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves unto your old lusts of ignorance: But as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, because it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy."

If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.

And ye fathers, move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and information of the Lord.

For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them: Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place, and say unto the elders of the city, 'This, our son, is stubborn and disobedient and will not hearken unto our voice; he is a rioter and a drunkard.'read more.
Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

He must increase: and I must decrease.

Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.

He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother: for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.

Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.

See that ye despise not one of these little ones. For I say unto you, that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my father, which is in heaven.

When Jesus saw that, he was displeased, and said to them, "Suffer the children to come unto me and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of God.

Now therefore go and smite the Amalekites, and only destroy ye all that pertaineth unto them, and see thou have no compassion on them. But slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, and ox, sheep, camel and ass.'"

Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.

Remember thy maker in thy youth, before the days of adversity come, and or the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them";

I will feed them also with the flesh of their sons and their daughters. Yea every one shall eat up another in the besieging and straightness, wherewith their enemies, that seek their lives, shall keep them in.'

And he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die for it.

And Joseph said unto them, "Fear not, for am not I under God? Ye thought evil unto me: but God turned it unto good to bring to pass, as it is this day, even to save much people alive.

But the sons of Eli were unthrifty children, and knew not the LORD. For the manner of the priests with the people was:

and beheld the simple people: and among other young folks I spied one young fool

One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.