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Bible Verses About Bad Parents
Find Bible verses about bad parents — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about bad parents?
The Bible addresses bad parents with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Ephesians 6:1
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
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Luke 21:16
“You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.”
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Proverbs 17:6
“Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.”
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Mark 13:12
“"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.”
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Colossians 3:20
“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”
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Hebrews 11:23
“By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.”
Luke 8:56
“Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.”
Luke 2:27
“He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,”
Romans 1:30
“backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,”
John 9:18
“The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,”
Proverbs 30:17
“"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.”
Deuteronomy 27:16
“'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'”
Leviticus 20:9
“"'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
Exodus 21:17
“"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.”
Exodus 21:15
“"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.”
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