What does the Bible say about respecting your parents?
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The Bible commands children to honor, obey, and show reverent respect to their parents as part of faithful obedience to God. Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16 place honoring father and mother among the Ten Commandments, attaching a promise of blessing. Ephesians 6:1-3 and Colossians 3:20 call children to obey their parents in the Lord, recognizing this as pleasing to him. This honor includes listening to wise instruction, as Proverbs 1:8 teaches, and should endure in a posture of gratitude and care even as children become adults. Parents likewise bear a solemn duty: Ephesians 6:4 calls them not to provoke their children, but to raise them patiently in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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- Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Ephesians 6:1-4
[1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. [2] "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise: [3] "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth." [4] You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:
- Ephesians 6:4
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 5:16
"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.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Exodus 21:17
"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Ephesians 6:1-3
[1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. [2] "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise: [3] "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."
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