Elderly Parents

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be 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 honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

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

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Honor 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 tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah 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, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in 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!

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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

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

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

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

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

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