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12 Bible verses about Honoring Your Parents KJV
The first commandment with promise, as Paul points out. These verses cover what honour means for a child, and what it means for an adult whose parents are old.
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Exodus 20:12 · KJV
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:1 · KJV
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:2-3 · KJV
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Colossians 3:20 · KJV
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 1:8 · KJV
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:22 · KJV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 6:20 · KJV
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Leviticus 19:3 · KJV
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 5:16 · KJV
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 30:17 · KJV
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
1 Timothy 5:4 · KJV
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Matthew 15:4 · KJV
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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