Ephesians 6:1

Children And Parents

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Obey Your Parents

To the Lord

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Genesis 28:7

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

1 Samuel 17:20

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 he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

Nehemiah 9:13

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

Esther 2:20

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Job 33:27

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

Psalm 19:8

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; And I hate every false way.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these'sayings in her heart.

Romans 7:12

So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Romans 12:2

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Romans 16:2

that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:5-6

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Colossians 3:16-17

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and'spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Colossians 3:20-25

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;