28 Bible Verses about Bad Children

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance. But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct; for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown. They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.’ read more.
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
children, a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.
Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Discipline your son, and it will bring you peace of mind
and give you delight.

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the siege and distress that their enemies, those who want to take their life, inflict on them.

“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.

But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord

I saw among the inexperienced,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

The people will oppress one another,
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.