14 Bible Verses about Honouring Parents
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"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.
For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"
"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
"'They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.
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Leviticus 21:11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
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