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Bible Verses About bad parents

14 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about bad parents? Browse 14 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Psalms 27:10
King James (KJV)When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. take: Heb. gather me

14 Key Scriptures

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. take: Heb. gather me
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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. to: or, to edify profitably
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. that: Heb. from having compassion
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way
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. house: or, kindred
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.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
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.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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