20 Bible Verses About Parents Being Wrong

The Bible records parents doing wrong without softening it, and its law and prophets hold each parent responsible for their own sin. Genesis shows Noah drunk (Genesis 9:20-21) and Lot offering his daughters to a mob (Genesis 19:8). Favouritism runs through two generations (Genesis 25:28; 37:3-4), Eli is judged for sons he did not restrain (1 Samuel 3:13), and David is said never to have rebuked Adonijah (1 Kings 1:6). Against those stories stand Deuteronomy 24:16 and Ezekiel 18:20, “The…