Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About respecting your parents
13 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about respecting your parents? Browse 13 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Exodus 20:12 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” |
13 Key Scriptures
“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
“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.”
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
Proverbs 1:8KJV
“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.”
“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”
“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. curseth: or, revileth”
Exodus 21:17KJV
“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”
“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”
“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:”
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. have: or, guide”
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.”
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