Honoring Your Parents

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

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

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

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

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 surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

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.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

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

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 →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth 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.

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

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

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

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

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?

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

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

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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

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

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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

And thou shalt keep 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 in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

And God spake all these words, saying,

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

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus;

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

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

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: