Bible Verses About Rebellious Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rebellious children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,437 votes, led by Proverbs 30:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rebellious Children
Proverbs 30:17196 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.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21193 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Exodus 20:12171 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Colossians 3:20159 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Leviticus 20:9132 votes
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Proverbs 29:15124 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:17119 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 22:6113 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
2 Timothy 3:1-4110 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Proverbs 13:24105 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:498 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:1593 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Colossians 3:2173 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
2 Peter 3:968 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Luke 15:11-2466 votes
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
1 Corinthians 6:19-2058 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Deuteronomy 21:1856 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Acts 5:2950 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
2 Peter 2:449 votes
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Isaiah 30:148 votes
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Matthew 18:843 votes
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Luke 15:2042 votes
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
2 Timothy 4:242 votes
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Luke 15:11-3239 votes
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Romans 13:1-538 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
What does the Bible say about rebellious children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 30:17 on the subject of rebellious children. Across 3,437 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Exodus 20:12, Colossians 3:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.