Ephesians 6:1

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Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Obey

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1 Peter 2:13

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Bible References

Obey

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia:

and Israel said unto Joseph, "Do not thy brethren keep in Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them." And he answered, "Here am I."

See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.

If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them:

And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him, and came where the host lay. And the host was going out in array, and shouted in the battle:

And as yet had not Esther showed her kindred and her people, according as Mordecai had bidden her: for Esther did after the word of Mordecai, like as when he was her tutor.

My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

He that bringeth up an evil report upon the generation of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

The words which Jonadab the son of Rechab commanded his sons, that they should drink no wine, are fast and surely kept: for unto this day they drink no wine but obey their father's commandment. But as for me, I have stood up early, I have spoken unto you, and given you earnest warning: and yet have ye not been obedient unto me.

And he went with them, and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Children, obey your fathers and mothers, in all things, for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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Servants, be obedient unto your carnal masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ:

that ye receive her in the Lord as it becometh saints, and that ye assist her, in whatsoever business she needeth of your aid. For she hath succored many, and mine own self also.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdom. Teach and exhort your own selves, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs which have favour with them, singing in your hearts to the Lord.

Submit yourselves unto all manner ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be unto the King as unto the chief head;

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Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest unto them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, true laws, good commandments and statutes,

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

Who is wise to understand these things and hath wit to perceive them? For the ways of the LORD are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the wicked shall tumble in them.

Wherefore the law is holy: and the commandment holy, just, and good.

And fashion not yourselves like unto this world: But be changed through the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what thing that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God is.

If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to rule their own houses godly, and to recompense their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God.

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Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee:

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia:

And his sons did unto him according as he had commanded them.

But and if her father forbid her the same day that he heareth it, none of her vows nor bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall be of value, and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father forbade her.

And so she kept her by the maidens of Boaz, to gather unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest also: and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.