Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About obeying parents
17 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about obeying parents. This collection of 17 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.” |
17 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.”
“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
“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.”
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
Matthew 15:4KJV
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”
“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”
“My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:”
Mark 7:10KJV
“A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
“Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. lamp: or, candle”
“And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.”
Luke 2:51KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
John 14:15KJV
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