20 Bible Verses about Bad Parents

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law. And the foes of a man shall be they of his own houshold.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 his cross and followeth 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. He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live long upon the earth.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

trying him and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 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. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.read more.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

For I am come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with 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 promise) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live long upon the earth.read more.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee,

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

That they instruct the young women to be wise, to love their husbands,

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

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 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:

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as unto the Lord.

Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good, to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.

And said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted; forgiving one another; as God also for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.