Bible Verses About Disobeying Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for disobeying parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,148 votes, led by Exodus 20:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Disobeying Parents
Exodus 20:12155 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:1-3146 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 21:17114 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Colossians 3:20108 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Leviticus 20:9100 votes
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Proverbs 30:1798 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 27:1689 votes
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ephesians 6:1-2489 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 23:2273 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Exodus 21:1564 votes
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
John 3:1663 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Proverbs 22:658 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Romans 3:2356 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Ephesians 6:155 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2151 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Proverbs 13:2451 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Galatians 5:19-2146 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Samuel 15:2343 votes
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
John 14:1543 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2 Timothy 3:243 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Proverbs 1:837 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
James 1:2234 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Matthew 21:28-3233 votes
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
John 3:1-3633 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Romans 1:3033 votes
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
What does the Bible say about disobeying parents?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:12 on the subject of disobeying parents. Across 3,148 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:1-3, Exodus 21:17, Colossians 3:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.