57 Bible Verses about Bad Parents

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

He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.

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

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

Think not, that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.read more.
He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me. And he that taketh not his cross and followeth me, is not meet for me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right. "Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise, "that thou mayst be in good estate, and live long on the earth."

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

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt whet them on thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way; and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand. And they shall be papers of remembrance between thine eyes,read more.
and shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and upon thy gates.

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.

For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.

And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday.

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do after right and conscience, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that he hath promised him."

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

"Master, which is the chief commandment in the law?" Jesus said unto him, "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.' This is the first and that chief commandment.read more.
And there is another like unto this: 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself.' In these two commandments, hang all the law and the prophets."

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

Tell your children of it, and let them show it to their children, and so they - to certify their posterity thereof.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the LORD merciful unto them that fear him.

Moreover, I said unto their sons in the wilderness, 'Walk not in the statutes of your forefathers; keep not their ordinances, and defile not yourselves with their idols,

Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof.

My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

'Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: that thou mayest prolong thy days, and that it may go well with thee on the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right. "Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise, "that thou mayst be in good estate, and live long on the earth."read more.
And ye fathers, move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and information of the Lord.

"For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall continue with his wife, and two shall be made one flesh."

"Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,

But whosoever offend one of these little ones, which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

And he lift up his eyes and saw the wives and their children, and said, "What are these which thou there hast?" And he said, "They are the children which God hath given thy servant."

Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.

to make the young women soberminded, to love their husbands, to love their children,

but the living, yea the living acknowledge thee, like as I do this day. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulness.

and that thou tell in the audience of thy son and of thy son's son, the pageants which I have played in Egypt, and the miracles which I have done among them: that ye may know how that I am the LORD."

that we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done.

And he blessed Joseph saying, "God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, and the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day;

In faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, as concerning things to come.

In all the land were none found so fair, as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.

And Abraham said unto God, "O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!"

and besought him greatly saying, "My daughter lieth at point of death, I would thou wouldst come and lay thy hand on her, that she might be safe and live."

Her children arise, and call her blessed: and her husband maketh much of her.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.

It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved.

My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.

See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

and art not buried with them. Even because that thou hast wasted thy land, and destroyed thy people. For the generation of the wicked shall be without honour, forever.

Our fathers, which now are gone, have sinned; and we must bear their wickedness.

but followed the wickedness of their own hearts, and served strange gods, as their fathers taught them.

"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Judah, I will not spare him: because he hath cast aside the law of the LORD, and not kept his commandments: For why? They would needs be deceived with the lies that their forefathers followed.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him. For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

Furthermore brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of honest report, if there be any virtuous thing, if there be any laudable thing, those same have ye in your mind,

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.

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

Women: submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers.

and said, 'For this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.'

Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.

Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness. Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.