Abusive Parents

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

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.