18 Bible Verses about Loving Your Parents

'Honor thy father and mother'--this is the first Commandment with a promise--'

For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

Honor thy father and thy mother.' And 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself."

So that thou mayest prosper and have a long life on earth.'

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Children, always obey your parents; for that is pleasant to see in those who belong to the Lord.

Children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened.

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.

And fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up with Christian discipline and instruction.

Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.

Show honour to every one, Love the Brotherhood, 'revere God, honour the emperor.'

Indeed, we have this Command from God-- 'He who loves God must also love his Brother.'

For I have come to set--'a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those that ask him!