32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents
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Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
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 so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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.
“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?”
“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.
Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
honor your father and your mother;
and love your neighbor as yourself.
For Moses said:
Honor your father and your mother; and
Whoever speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.
he does not have to honor his father.’ In this way, you have revoked God’s word because of your tradition.
“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.
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.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
As for the eye that ridicules a father
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.
“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?
slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
You know the commandments:
Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;
honor your father and mother.”
for they will bring you
many days, a full life, and well-being.
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