33 Bible Verses about Loving Your Parents

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

honor your father and your mother;
and love your neighbor as yourself.

so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the Lord cares for me.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,

for they will bring you
many days, a full life, and well-being.

Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.

And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons

And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!