32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

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

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.

Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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?

So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

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

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

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

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.

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

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

Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,

You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.