Bible Verses About Controlling Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for controlling parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,841 votes, led by Colossians 3:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Controlling Parents
Colossians 3:21197 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
2 Corinthians 12:14174 votes
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.
Ephesians 6:4163 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7155 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Psalms 27:10146 votes
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Matthew 10:36124 votes
And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Genesis 2:24110 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
James 3:16-1894 votes
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 Peter 5:784 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Proverbs 11:2983 votes
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Matthew 10:37-3882 votes
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.
Galatians 5:177 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Proverbs 12:16-1874 votes
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Matthew 10:3773 votes
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.
James 4:872 votes
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Proverbs 24:366 votes
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
James 1:560 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 15:3156 votes
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs 22:640 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
2 Timothy 1:733 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Revelation 1:130 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
James 5:1628 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Luke 12:5327 votes
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew 18:1524 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Isaiah 41:1022 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
What does the Bible say about controlling parents?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:21 on the subject of controlling parents. Across 2,841 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 12:14, Ephesians 6:4, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.