47 Bible Verses about Parents
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A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?" But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "These: 'You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,read more.
Honor your father and mother,' and 'You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself.' "
As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?" But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself. You know the commandments??Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'
A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself. You know the commandments, 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' "
Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right. "You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."
Children, always obey your parents, for that is commendable in Christians.
If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.
Understand this, that in the last days there are going to be hard times. People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, and said to him, "Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands." But he answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of what has been handed down to you?read more.
For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God," does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied finely about you when he said, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me. But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' "
The Pharisees gathered about him with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem. They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them. For the Pharisees and all the Jews observe the rules handed down from their ancestors, and will not eat until they have washed their hands in a particular way,read more.
and they will not eat anything from the market without first purifying it by sprinkling it, and they have a number of other observances which have come down to them, in the way of washing cups, pitchers, and basins. And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not observe the rules handed down by our ancestors, but eat food without purifying their hands?" But he said to them, "It was about you hypocrites that Isaiah prophesied so finely, in the words, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me. But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' "You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down. "How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you. For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God, you let him off from doing anything more for his father or mother, and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices."
And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct. They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature. They are gossips, slanderers, abhorrent to God, insolent, overbearing, boastful, ingenious in evil, undutiful,read more.
conscienceless, treacherous, unloving, and unpitying. They know God's decree that those who act in this way deserve to die, yet they not only do it, but applaud any who do.
You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends and they will put some of you to death, and you will be hated by everyone because you bear my name.
One brother will give up another to death, and a father his child, and children will turn against their parents, and have them put to death.
Brother will give up brother to be put to death, and the father his child, and children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Peter said, "Here we have left home and followed you." And he said to them, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the Kingdom of God who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life."
Then Peter spoke and said to him, "Here we have left all we had and followed you. What are we to have?" Jesus said to them, "In the new world, I tell you, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel! And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.
Peter started to say to him, "Well, we have left all we had, and have followed you." Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news, but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution??nd in the coming age eternal life.
As he passed along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. His disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin was this man born blind? For his own, or for that of his parents?" Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case.
Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
Faith led Moses' parents to hide him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and they would not respect the edict of the king.
And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?" But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.read more.
Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."
Some Pharisees came up, and in order to test him asked him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife. But he answered, "What has Moses commanded you to do?" They said, "Moses permits a man to divorce his wife by drawing up a written divorce-notice."read more.
But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you. But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,' and so they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together man must not try to separate."
You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her, to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him, in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.read more.
That is the way husbands ought to love their wives??s if they were their own bodies; a man who loves his wife is really loving himself, for no one ever hates his own person, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ does with the church, for we are parts of his body. Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one. This is a great secret, but I understand it of Christ and the church. But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.
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Contempt » The wicked exhibit towards » Parents
Contempt » Forbidden towards » Parents
Duty » Parents » To teach
Duty » Parents » To train
Duty » Parents » To control
managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?
The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.
Duty » Parents » To provide for
Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
Duty » Parents » To love
Home » Parents » Parental indulgence » samuel
Influence » Good » Parents
But she, at her mother's instigation, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter!"
Mizpah » A city » David » Takes care » Parents
Parents » Prayers » Sorrow
Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parents » Honoring your parents
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'
"You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."
Parents » Duty » Example, good
of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Partiality
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Obedience to
Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.
Parents » Duty to » Filial obedience encouraged
Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents
But she, at her mother's instigation, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter!"
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Joy
and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate, for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To correct them
You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » Prayers » Solicitude
Parents » Those that curse their parents
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » David
Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of david
Parents » Duty » To teach
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » jacob
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Parents » Should pray for their children » When in sickness
So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.
and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"
Parents » Duty » To train
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » David
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To provide for them
Whoever fails to provide for his own relatives, and particularly for members of his own family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » jacob
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parents » When faithful » Leave a blessing to their children
Parents » Prayers » Pride
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"
Parents » Receive their children from God
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To command them to obey God
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Mary
While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him.
Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
When his parents saw him they were amazed, and his mother said to him. "My child, why did you treat us like this? Here your father and I have been looking for you, and have been very anxious."
Parents » Should pray for their children » For their spiritual welfare
Parents » Duty » To nurture
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to provoke them
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.
Parents » What fathers should not do
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to make unholy connections for them
Parents » Duty » To control
managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?
The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To rule them
managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?
The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.
Parents » Good--exemplified » David
Parents » Wicked children, a cause of grief to
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To train them up for God
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To bless them
Parents » Good--exemplified » jacob
Parents » When wicked » Instruct their children in evil
for you know that you have not been ransomed with anything perishable like silver or gold, from the futile way of living in which you were brought up,
Parents » Covenant, benefits of, entailed on children
Parents » Those that parent fools
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To tell them of the miraculous works of God
Parents » When wicked » Set a bad example to their children
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"
Parents » Paternal blessings of » jacob
Parents » Partiality of » Jacob for joseph
Parents » Indulgent » Eli
Parents » Involved in children's wickedness
Parents » Who makes a glad father
Parents » Duty » To provide for
Here it is the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I do not intend to be a burden to you now; for it is not your money but yourselves that I want; for children are not expected to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
Parents » Paternal blessings of » isaac
Parents » Prayers » David, for solomon
Parents » Paternal reproaches
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By stubbornness and sensuality
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By lack of respect for
Parents » Bad--exemplified » Athaliah
Parents » Bad--exemplified » Manasseh
Parents » Partiality of » Rebekah for jacob
Parents » Those that set light by their parents
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » Rizpah's love for her sons
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » Rizpah's love for her sons
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To bring them to Christ
Then some children were brought up to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but his disciples reproved the people for it. But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not try to keep them from coming to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as they are."
Parents » Good--exemplified » Joseph
Parents » Good--exemplified » Shunammite
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Disastrous results of
Parents » Prayers » David, for the life of his child
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By despising their mother
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By cursing their father
Parents » Bad--exemplified » saul
Parents » When faithful » Are blessed by their children
Parents » Those that rob their parents
Parents » The father of the righteous
Parents » Who despises their mother
Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A home-made coat
Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A patrimony
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Father of prodigal
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the property.' So he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Eli
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » Hagar's love for her child
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The canaanitish mother
And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of samuel
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
Parents » Prayers » The father, for the demoniac
"Master, take pity on my son, for he has epilepsy, and is very wretched; he often falls into the fire or into the water.
Parents » Prayers » Abraham, for ishmael
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » Hagar's love for her child
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The canaanitish mother
And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of samuel
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By disobedience
People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of lemuel
Parents » Good--exemplified » Lois and eunice
of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.
Parents » Good--exemplified » Abraham
Parents » Good--exemplified » Hannah
Parents » Who is the heaviness of their mother
Parents » What fathers should do
You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Parents » Fathers
Parents » Negligence of, sorely punished
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » samuel
Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A type of God's bounty
So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!
Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A beautiful garment
Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » Springs of water
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother's unforgettable love
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of solomon's time
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The shunammite mother
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother's unforgettable love
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of solomon's time
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The shunammite mother
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To pity them
Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of moses
Parents » Those that smite their parents
Parents » The time when parents forsake their children
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » David
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » The true mother of the infant brought to solomon
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Hagar
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » isaac
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Laban
Parents » Good--exemplified » Manoah
Parents » Bad--exemplified » Mother of micah
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of jesus
Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses
Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of jesus
Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
Parents » Paternal blessings of » Noah
Parents » Prayers » The syrophenician mother
Now the woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician birth. And she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
Parents » Duty » To love
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By failure in providing for
But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,
Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By strife in the household
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Rizpah
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To love them
Parents » Bad--exemplified » Herodias
When she had left the room she said to her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" But she said, "The head of John the baptizer."
Parents » The reward for parenting strange children
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Rebekah's mother
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » The nobleman
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Isaac and rebekah
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Hannah
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Naomi
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To tell them of God's judgments
Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of hannah
Parents » Paternal blessings of » Abraham
Parents » Partiality of » Isaac for esau
Parents » Prayers » Job, for his children
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Father of the demoniac
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Jairus
and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"
Parents » Should pray for their children » When in temptation
Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of job
Parents » Partiality of » Jacob for benjamin
Parents » Indulgent » David
Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Moses' mother
Partiality » Parents
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
Sorrow » Godly » Parents
Topics on Parents
Abusive Parents
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Admonition, Of Parents
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Bad Parents
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Caring For Parents
1 Timothy 5:4If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.
Children, Attitude to Parents
Ephesians 6:1Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.
Children, Parents Love
Titus 2:4so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,
Children, responsibilities to parents
2 Timothy 3:2People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
Controlling Parents
Luke 17:3Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Dishonouring Parents
Mark 7:11But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,
Disobedient To Parents
2 Timothy 3:2People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,
Honouring Parents
Matthew 15:4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'
Leaving Parents For Spouse
Ephesians 5:31Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.
Loving Your Parents
Ephesians 6:2"You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."
Not Honouring Parents
Matthew 15:4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'
Obedient To Parents
Ephesians 6:1Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.
Parents Being Wrong
Ephesians 6:4You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.
Parents Duty To Children
Titus 2:4so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,
Parents Love
Matthew 10:37No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,
Parents Sin
Matthew 12:34You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.
Parting From Parents
Matthew 19:5and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.
Respecting Parents
Ephesians 6:2"You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth."
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