9 Bible Verses about Child Abuse

He who causes one of my faithful little ones to stumble is in trouble. It would be better for him to end up in the deep sea with a great stone tied to his neck.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.

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

Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to punish an innocent person.' All the people will say: 'Amen.'

He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.

Their infant children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped.

Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple. So they began with the elders who were standing there at the Temple.

They cast lots for my people, and traded a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

It would be better for him to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.