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30 Honor Your Parents Bible Verse

  1. Exodus 20:12 (NIV)

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

  2. Ephesians 6:1-3 (NIV)

    “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise—’so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.'”

  3. Proverbs 1:8-9 (NIV)

    “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.”

  4. Proverbs 23:22 (NIV)

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

  5. Colossians 3:20 (NIV)

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

  6. Leviticus 19:3 (NIV)

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

  7. Proverbs 30:17 (NIV)

    “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.”

  8. Matthew 15:4 (NIV)

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

  9. Deuteronomy 5:16 (NIV)

    “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.”

  10. Proverbs 20:20 (NIV)

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

  11. Matthew 19:19 (NIV)

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

  12. Proverbs 15:20 (NIV)

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

  13. Sirach 3:1-2 (NIV)

    “Children, listen to your father’s advice, and don’t despise an old mother’s experience. Remember, when you were young, your parents corrected you. Have you paid them back by correcting them?”

  14. 1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV)

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

  15. Proverbs 19:26 (NIV)

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

  16. Proverbs 6:20 (NIV)

    “My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”

  17. Malachi 1:6 (NIV)

    “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?”

  18. Proverbs 10:1 (NIV)

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

  19. Proverbs 30:11 (NIV)

    “There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.”

  20. Luke 18:20 (NIV)

    “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.’”

  21. Proverbs 28:24 (NIV)

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

  22. Proverbs 4:1 (NIV)

    “Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.”

  23. Proverbs 30:17 (NIV)

    “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.”

  24. Proverbs 13:1 (NIV)

    “A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.”

  25. Proverbs 23:24 (NIV)

    “The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.”

  26. 1 Samuel 2:30 (NIV)

    “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.”

  27. Proverbs 30:17 (NIV)

    “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.”

  28. Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)

    “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”

  29. Mark 7:10 (NIV)

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

  30. 1 Corinthians 4:15 (NIV)

    “Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.”