Obeying your Parents
10 passages
- Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Read it in context - Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read it in context - Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read it in context - John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Read it in context - Ephesians 6:2–3
2“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Read it in context - Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Read it in context - Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read it in context - Proverbs 3:1–2
1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; 2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
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