Elderly Parents

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

honour thy father and mother,

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I <FI>am<Fi> a father, where <FI>is<Fi> Mine honour? And if I <FI>am<Fi> a master, where <FI>is<Fi> My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;'

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; — read the full passage →

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What <FI>are<Fi> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you? — read the full passage →

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, — read the full passage →