31 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as LORD thy God commanded thee, that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na

so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.

Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.

Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.

Children, obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in Lord.

Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children, but rear them in the training and admonition of Lord.

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

And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.

Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.

elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,

For he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

Do not rebuke an elder man, but entreat him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?

being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;

Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not give FALSE testimony. Honor thy father and thy mother.

For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.