32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents
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"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
"'For everyone 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.
Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"
for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
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