57 Bible Verses about Bad Parents

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came 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 father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.read more.
And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment.read more.
And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

For I came 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 ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.read more.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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

And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee , that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband also , and he praiseth her,'saying :

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.read more.
And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.