14 Bible Verses about Controlling Parents

Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household. read more.
The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. read more.
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the Lord cares for me.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

The one who brings ruin on his household
will inherit the wind,
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.

One who listens to life-giving rebukes
will be at home among the wise.