Colossians 3:20

Mutual Responsibilities In Christian Relationships

¹⁹ Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them. ²⁰ Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord. ²¹ Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

All Things

In Christ

Obey Your Parents

Sing to the Lord

To the Lord

Pleasing To The Lord

Exodus 20:12

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Ephesians 5:24

And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

Titus 2:9

Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

Genesis 28:7

And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

Leviticus 19:3

Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

Proverbs 20:20

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Malachi 1:6

A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

Matthew 15:4-6

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

Matthew 19:19

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

Philippians 4:18

I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 3:22

Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

Hebrews 13:21

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.