Bad Parents
10 passages
- Psalm 27:10
Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Read it in context - Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Read it in context - Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read it in context - Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Read it in context - Luke 17:3
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
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