14 Bible Verses about Honouring Parents
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"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him 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: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"
"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
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.
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Leviticus 21:11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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