8 Bible Verses about Dishonouring Parents
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and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not hear our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.
Cursed is he that dishonours his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
The wise son makes a glad father, but the foolish man despises his mother.
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
For the son dishonours the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies are those of his own house.
But ye say, It is enough if a man shall say to his father or mother, It is all Corban, (that is to say, my gift to God) whatever with which thou mightest be profited by me.
For there shall be men who are lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, evil speakers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, impure,
But whosoever commits adultery with a woman has a fault in his heart; he that does it corrupts his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall never be wiped away.
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Children » Dishonouring parents » Filial obedience encouraged
My son, hearken unto the chastening of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep thy father's commandment and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By stubbornness and sensuality
and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not hear our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By lack of respect for
Cursed is he that dishonours his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By despising their mother
The wise son makes a glad father, but the foolish man despises his mother.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By cursing their father
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By disobedience
For there shall be men who are lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, evil speakers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, impure,
Children » Dishonouring parents » By failure in providing for
But ye say, It is enough if a man shall say to his father or mother, It is all Corban, (that is to say, my gift to God) whatever with which thou mightest be profited by me.
Children » Dishonouring parents » By strife in the household
For the son dishonours the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies are those of his own house.