8 Bible Verses about Wicked Children, Regard To Parents
Most Relevant Verses
If one man does wrong and sins against another, God will intercede (arbitrate) for him; but if a man does wrong to the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.
A [flippant, arrogant] fool rejects his father’s instruction and correction,
But he who [is willing to learn and] regards and keeps in mind a reprimand acquires good sense.
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.
He who assaults his father and chases away his mother
Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
“Even young children despise me;
When I get up, they speak against me.
