18 Bible Verses about Loving Your Parents

"Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;)

For God commanded, saying "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and, He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.

Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived upon earth."

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

If any man cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Lo! I hold myself ready the third time to come unto you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents, but the parents for the children.

Parents, irritate not your children, lest their spirit be broken.

BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, That ye should walk in it.

And, ye fathers, exasperate not your children: but educate them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, and use no asperity against them.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him?