15 Bible Verses about Children, responsibilities to parents

A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

The sons did not follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.

He who obeys the law is a wise son. But he who is a companion of worthless men shames his father.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

He who strikes (beats) his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Jehovah gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death. You are responsible for your own death.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen or obey his father or his mother when they chastise him, His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.read more.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear.

The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,

Do not worship them or serve them. I, Jehovah your God, am a God demanding exclusive devotion. (I do not tolerate rivals.) I will not share your affection with any other god. I punish children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. I show mercy (loving kindness) to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation.

When that time comes people will no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children's teeth are set on edge.' Each person will die for his own sin. Whoever eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge.

You show loving kindness to thousands, but repay the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them. O great and mighty God. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.