68 Bible Verses about Bad Children
Want to know what the Bible says about Bad Children? Here are 68 Bible verses about Bad Children from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Exodus 20:12 NIV
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
95
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
94
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 NIV
18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
89
Proverbs 17:25 NIV
A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
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Ephesians 6:4 NIV
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
81
Exodus 21:15 NIV
“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
73
2 Timothy 3:2 NIV
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
66
Proverbs 29:15 NIV
A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
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1 Corinthians 15:33 NIV
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
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