20 Bible Verses about Bad Parents

And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.

"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's own family will be his foes.read more.
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me. To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty. "Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it-- "so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."

Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;

Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.

"Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?" "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.' This is the greatest and foremost Commandment.read more.
And the second is similar to it: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.' The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."

For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty. "Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it-- "so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."read more.
And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

"Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it--

But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,

Through faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even in connexion with things soon to come.

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.

and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.

Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice. On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.