What does the Bible say about bad parents?

14 verses about bad parents, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about bad parents

Psalms 27:10 — When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 9 votes
Colossians 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 7 votes
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 4 votes
Isaiah 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 4 votes
Ezekiel 18:20 — The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 4 votes
Ephesians 4:29 — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 4 votes
1 Timothy 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 4 votes
2 Corinthians 12:14 — Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 3 votes
Galatians 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 3 votes
Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 3 votes
Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 2 votes
Proverbs 11:29 — He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. 2 votes
Luke 17:3 — Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 2 votes
1 Peter 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 votes

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Proverbs (2), Ephesians (2), Exodus (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Luke (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)

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