Honoring Parents

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

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

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

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

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.

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 he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. — read the full passage →

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

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.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

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

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

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?

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. — read the full passage →

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

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? — read the full passage →

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. — read the full passage →

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

And God spake all these words, saying,

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.