30 Bible Verses About Respecting Parents

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.”

“Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.”

“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.”

“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.”

“My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.”

“A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”

“A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.”

“Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.”

“If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.”

“Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”

“Whoever robs their father or mother and says, ‘It’s not wrong,’ is partner to one who destroys.”

“For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’”

“For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’”

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise…”

“Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”

“But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.”

“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

“Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children…”

“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty. “It is you priests who show contempt for my name.”

“By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible.”

“When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.”

“Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the Lord Almighty.”

“honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”

“You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, ‘honor your father and mother.’”

“You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, ‘honor your father and mother.’”

“’so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’”

“But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”

“But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.”