Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

Titus 2:9

Servants -- to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

Verse Concepts

Ephesians 6:1

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Colossians 3:20

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Proverbs 6:20-21

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

Romans 13:1

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Ecclesiastes 8:2-4

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God. Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth. Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

Obedience » Filial » Filial obedience encouraged

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Proverbs 6:20

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 7:1

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 23:22

Ephesians 6:1

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Colossians 3:20

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Obedience to

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Proverbs 6:20

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 7:1

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 23:22

Ephesians 6:1

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Colossians 3:20

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Parents » Duty to » Filial obedience encouraged

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Proverbs 6:20

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 7:1

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 23:22

Ephesians 6:1

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Colossians 3:20

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord

Colossians 3:20

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Numbers 24:1

And Balaam seeth that it is good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face;

Verse Concepts

1 Chronicles 29:17

'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

Verse Concepts

Colossians 1:12-19

Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light, who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love, in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins, read more.
who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted. And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first, because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

Hebrews 13:12-16

Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer; now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing; for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek; read more.
through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.