Bible Verses About Dead Beat Dads
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dead beat dads, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 684 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dead Beat Dads
1 Timothy 5:8412 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
2 Corinthians 11:13-1584 votes
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Proverbs 22:639 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 10:135 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 23:13-1424 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Galatians 5:16-2616 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Proverbs 30:1715 votes
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.
1 John 2:1-2914 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 Timothy 2:1513 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
John 3:3612 votes
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Proverbs 1:810 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Matthew 12:3110 votes
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
What does the Bible say about dead beat dads?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of dead beat dads. Across 684 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 10:1. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.