20 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

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the first commandment with a promise annexed, is, "honour thy father and mother,

for this is a commandment of God, "honour thy father and mother; and, he that curses father or mother, let him be punish'd with death."

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that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be long-lived on the earth."

Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.

children, obey your parents upon all occasions, for that is graceful in a christian.

honour thy father and thy mother: and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

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Moses said, "honour thy father and thy mother;" and, if any one speak contemptibly of his father, or his mother, let him be put to death.

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and you fathers don't exasperate your children: but instruct them in the discipline and institution of the Lord.

of God. Be respectful to all, love your brethren, fear God, and honour the king.

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thus have ye disannull'd the commandment of God by your tradition.

fathers, don't treat your children with severity, lest they be discourag'd.

if a widow has children or grand-children, let them above all things instruct their own family to be religious, and let them be grateful to their parents, for this is acceptable to God.

Servants, be obedient to your legal masters, with awful reverence and sincerity of heart, as unto Christ:

the elder women as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

in brotherly kindness be passionately affected to one another; in honour prefer one another:

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attending upon the publick administration. render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, reverence to whom reverence, honour to whom honour.

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Don't treat a senior with harsh reproof, but exhort him as a father, and the young men, as brethren:

when our natural parents corrected us, we gave them reverence: is it not much more reasonable to be in subjection to the father of spirits, in order to have life?

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whisperers, backbiters, enemies of God, injurious, proud, vain, inventers of vices, disobedient to parents, void of judgment,

you know the commandments, "do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honour thy father and mother."

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20 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

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