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Bible Verses About children obeying their parents
15 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about children obeying their parents. This collection of 15 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Ephesians 6:1 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.” |
15 Key Scriptures
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
Matthew 15:4KJV
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
Exodus 20:12KJV
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
Proverbs 1:8KJV
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way”
“If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:”
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
“A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
“And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.”
Exodus 21:15KJV
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“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. the valley: or, the brook”
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