32 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 mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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

A son honoreth 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? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what 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 keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD 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 to the Lord.

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

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoever curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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

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

And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its 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 thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

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

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; 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 therefore 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 entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventers 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 thy mother.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.