5 Bible Verses about Wicked Children, Examples Of

Now the sons of Eli [were] {worthless scoundrels}; they did not know Yahweh.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice.

Then Absalom sent scouts throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "When you hear the sound of the trumpet, you shall shout 'Absalom has become king in Hebron!'"

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!"

It happened that he [was] worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword. Then they escaped [into] the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.