50 Bible Verses About Obeying Parents

“Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.”

““Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

““‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.”

“You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.”

““Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

“and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

“You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.”

“You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.”

“You shall teach them to your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

“Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.”

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;”

“and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;”

“For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.”

“He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.”

“Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.”

“Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him shall himself be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.””

“and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.”

“Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, Yahweh’s assembly, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.”

“But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.””

“My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:”

“Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;”

“My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.”

“My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.”

“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

“which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;”

““A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’”

“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.””

““Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.”

“For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9”

“he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.”

“‘Honor your father and your mother.’Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Leviticus 19:18”

“For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9”

“You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20”

““Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.”

“You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20”

“that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.”

“Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?”

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

““Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:”

“You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

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

“Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.”

“Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;”

“Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.”

“Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,”

“It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?”

“Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?”

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.”

“Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”