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Obeying Parents
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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.
For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
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.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.
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.
Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
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 →
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:
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 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 →
Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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 →
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →
And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. — read the full passage →
Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: — 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.
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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;
And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.
Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. — read the full passage →
Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
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