32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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

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

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

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

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

Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth 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 forsake not the law of thy mother:

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

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