32 Bible Verses about Respecting Parents
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for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
'Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: 'In what have we despised Thy name?'
which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;
honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'
for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood is on him.
render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.
An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;
Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising us, and we were reverencing them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
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