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What does the Bible say about respecting parents?

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

5 booksMost in Proverbs

Bible verses about respecting parents

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. 10 votes
Proverbs 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 7 votes
Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 7 votes
Colossians 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 6 votes
Exodus 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 4 votes
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. 3 votes
Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 3 votes
Deuteronomy 21:18 — 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: 2 votes
Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. 2 votes
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 2 votes
Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 2 votes