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What does the Bible say about obeying parents?

17 verses about obeying parents, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about obeying parents

  1. Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 8 votes
  2. Colossians 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 7 votes
  3. Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 6 votes
  4. Leviticus 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. 5 votes
  5. Deuteronomy 5:16 — 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. 5 votes
  6. Proverbs 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 5 votes
  7. Proverbs 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 5 votes
  8. Matthew 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 votes
  9. Proverbs 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 4 votes
  10. Proverbs 30:17 — 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. 4 votes
  11. Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 4 votes
  12. Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 3 votes
  13. Proverbs 13:1 — A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 2 votes
  14. Proverbs 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 2 votes
  15. Luke 2:51 — 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. 2 votes
  16. John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments. 2 votes
  17. 2 Timothy 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2 votes

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Proverbs (6), Ephesians (2), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), John (1), Colossians (1), 2 Timothy (1)

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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.