Thematic Bible: Who not to despise

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Verse Concepts

Fathers, Responsibilities OfAdultsContemptAgingBeing A Dadethics, personalBeing A ParentChildren, Attitude to ParentsMaturity, PhysicalMothers, Responsibilities OfOld Age, Attitudes ToParentsSanctity Of LifeSuperiorityYouthAge DiscriminationRespect For Old People

Fathers TeachingAttitude Towards Your MotherDo Not DespisePay Attention To People!MothersFathersmomsMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhoodParents LoveRespecting ParentsAgeThe ElderlyLoving Your Parentsparenthoodhonour

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. read more.
"And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. "If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.