What Does the Bible Say About Disagreement With Parents?

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

James 1:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

James 4:1-2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...

James 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ...

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

34 Bible Verses about Disagreement With Parents

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

James 4:1-2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Disagreement With Parents

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Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

James 4:1-2 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote