Ephesians 6:1

Children And Parents

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

Obey Your Parents

To the Lord

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching:

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

Leviticus 19:3

"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18

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

1 Samuel 17:20

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 army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

Nehemiah 9:13

"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

Esther 2:20

Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.

Job 33:27

He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

Psalm 19:8

The LORD's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 119:75

LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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 to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

Luke 2:51

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

Romans 7:12

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 16:2

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:5-6

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

Colossians 3:16-17

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

Colossians 3:20-25

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:4

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

1 Peter 2:13

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