Scriptures on evil patterns in the family

1. Exodus 20:5 - "You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me."

2. Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

3. Ephesians 6:4 - "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."

4. Colossians 3:21 - "Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged."

5. 1 Timothy 5:8 - "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."

6. Proverbs 13:24 - "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him."

7. Proverbs 29:15 - "The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother."

8. Psalm 127:3-5 - "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."

9. Proverbs 19:18 - "Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death."

10. Proverbs 22:15 - "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him."

Old Testament

- Exodus 20:5-6: "You shall not worship them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments."
- Numbers 32:14: "And behold, all the men of your generation who have come forth out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, have broken my covenant."
- Deuteronomy 5:9: "You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me."
- Isaiah 14:21-22: "Prepare slaughter for his sons, because of the iniquity of their fathers; lest they rise and take possession of the land, and fill the face of the world with cities."
- Jeremiah 31:29: "In those days they shall no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' But every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge."

New Testament

- Matthew 23:32-33: "Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?"
- John 8:39-40: "They answered him, 'Abraham is our father.' Jesus said to them, 'If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.'"
- Romans 1:18-19: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them."
- Ephesians 6:4: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
- Colossians 3:21: "Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged."