19 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

"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."

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.

Children, always obey your parents, for that is commendable in Christians.

Honor your father and mother,' and 'You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.

Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

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.

Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.

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.

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,

older women like mothers, younger ones like sisters, with absolute purity.

Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

Pay them all what is due them??ribute to the man entitled to receive it, taxes to the man entitled to receive them, respect to the man entitled to it, and honor to the man entitled to it.

Never reprove an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

When our earthly fathers disciplined us we treated them with respect; should we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so have life?

They are gossips, slanderers, abhorrent to God, insolent, overbearing, boastful, ingenious in evil, undutiful,

You know the commandments, 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' "