20 Bible Verses about Bad Parents

And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth: I came not to bring 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 the enemies of a man shall be those of his own house.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 taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. "Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;) that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived upon earth."

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

Parents, irritate not your children, lest their spirit be broken.

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Then Jesus said to 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 first and great commandment.read more.
And the second is like to it, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." On these two commandments, the whole law and the prophets depend.

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.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. "Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;) that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived upon earth."read more.
And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

For this reason shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as one flesh.

"Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;)

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones, who believe in me, to stumble, it were better for him that a millstone was hung at his neck, and that he was sunk in the depth of the sea.

that they instruct the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children,

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau with regard to future things.

and entreated him importunately, saying, My little daughter is at the last gasp; wilt thou come, and lay thy hands upon her, that she may recover, and she shall live.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are serious, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are laudable, if there be any virtue, or any thing praise-worthy, pay attention to these things.

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

Let no loose discourse proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for useful edification, that it may communicate grace to the hearers.

And he said, for this reason shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and scandal, be removed from you, with all malice: but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.