Respecting Parents

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

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

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 unto the Lord.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 →

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

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

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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;)

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.

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

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

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

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.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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 nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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

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

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

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

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.

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

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

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.

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

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

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.

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 →

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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:

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.

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.

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

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.

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: — read the full passage →

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

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

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.

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

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

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 →

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

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

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected 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 all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. — 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 →

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

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

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

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.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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