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Honoring Thy Mother And Father

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Ephesians 6:1–3

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

Matthew 19:19

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

Ephesians 6:2

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

Ephesians 6:3

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

Ephesians 6:1

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

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.’

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 →

Mark 7:10

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

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,

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”

Ephesians 6:4

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

Ephesians 6:1–4

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

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

Colossians 3:20

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

Ephesians 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 6:9

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

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;

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Luke 2:51

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

Philippians 1:1–30

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:1–33

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:4

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

1 Peter 3:2

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

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.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

1 Timothy 5:1

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

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Ephesians 6:6

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Ephesians 6:5

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

Ephesians 6:2–3

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1–2

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

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Romans 13:2

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

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 →

John 19:25–27

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

John 19:6

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

John 8:2

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

John 8:1–59

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. — read the full passage →

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.

John 3:4

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

John 3:3

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

Luke 23:3

Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”

Matthew 19:3

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Matthew 15:5

But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

Matthew 15:4–6

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

Matthew 15:3

He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Matthew 10:2

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

Colossians 2:13

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

John 19:13

When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

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