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Disobeying Your Parents

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Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1–3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Exodus 21:15

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 21:18–21

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

1 John 2:1–29

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Proverbs 13:24

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Exodus 21:17

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Leviticus 20:9

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Matthew 21:28–32

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ — read the full passage →

Proverbs 30:17

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Leviticus 19:3

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Ephesians 6:1–24

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Deuteronomy 5:16

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Romans 6:23

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

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Psalms 1:1–6

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

Exodus 20:1–26

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

James 5:11

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

John 3:1–36

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:1

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

1 Peter 3:1–22

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:1–5

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

Luke 15:11–32

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

2 Kings 1:1–18

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:2

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Ephesians 6:3

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Matthew 19:19

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Ephesians 6:1–4

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:19–21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Matthew 10:21

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

Acts 17:10–11

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:8

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 1:30

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

2 Peter 1:20

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

Hebrews 10:25

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Proverbs 3:11–12

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

1 John 1:9

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

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Timothy 5:1

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Romans 1:1–32

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

Proverbs 1:8–9

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:1–2

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

2 John 1:6

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Revelation 1:1–20

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 1:1–12

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1–2

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Romans 13:1–7

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:1–14

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 9:13

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

John 11:1

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

Matthew 15:3–9

He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? — read the full passage →

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Colossians 2:1–23

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Ephesians 2:8–10

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:12

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

John 12:48

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

2 Peter 3:16

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

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