Respecting Your Parents

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

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

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.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

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

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.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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.

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

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

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;

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

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

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

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

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 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.

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.

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

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

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

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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

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.

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 →

Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

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

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

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

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 →

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.

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

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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

Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

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?

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 →

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

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

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

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

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden 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.

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

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

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; — read the full passage →

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

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

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:

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled; — read the full passage →

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee. — read the full passage →

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.