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What Does the Bible Say About Hating Your Parents?

Here are 17 Bible verses about hating your parents, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Luke 14:26

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

    BSB“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

  2. #2Deuteronomy 27:16

    Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    BSB‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  3. #3Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

    BSBAnyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

  4. #4Proverbs 15:20

    A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    BSBA wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  5. #5Ephesians 6:1

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    BSBChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  6. #6Exodus 20:12

    Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    BSBHonor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  7. #7John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  8. #8Proverbs 1:8

    My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

    BSBListen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

  9. #9Proverbs 22:6

    Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

    BSBTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  10. #10Colossians 3:20

    Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

    BSBChildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

  11. #112 Corinthians 12:14

    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.

    BSBSee, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

  12. #12Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

    BSBYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  13. #13Galatians 5:22

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    BSBBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

  14. #14Romans 5:8

    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

    BSBBut God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  15. #151 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    BSBIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  16. #16Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    BSBFathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  17. #17Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

    BSBAs for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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