32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents

"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

'Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, so that it will be good for you {in the land} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.

"A son honors [his] father, and a slave his master; but if I [am] a father, where [is] my honor, and if I [am] a master, where [is] my reverence?" says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, {who despise} my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

"in order that it may be well with you, and you may {live a long time} on the earth."

Each [of you] must revere your mother and your father, and you must keep my Sabbaths; I [am] Yahweh your God.

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

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

honor your father and your mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

" '{Before} old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.

The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.

My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,

" 'If [there is] {anyone} who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother--his blood [is] upon him.

Pay to everyone [what is] owed: [pay] taxes to whom taxes [are due]; [pay] customs duties to whom customs duties [are due]; [pay] respect to whom respect [is due]; [pay] honor to whom honor [is due].

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to [him] as a father, younger men as brothers,

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents,

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

For length of days, years of life, and peace they shall add to you.