What does the Bible say about respecting your parents?

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

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Bible verses about respecting your parents

1. 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. 4 votes
2. Ephesians 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 3 votes
3. Colossians 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 3 votes
4. Exodus 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 2 votes
5. Leviticus 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. 2 votes
6. 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. 2 votes
7. 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
8. Proverbs 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 2 votes
9. 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
10. Proverbs 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 2 votes
11. 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. 2 votes
12. Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 2 votes
13. Hebrews 13:17 — 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. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (4), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (2), Ephesians (2), Leviticus (1), Colossians (1), Hebrews (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.