Elderly Parents

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →

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

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — read the full passage →

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. — read the full passage →