Bible Verses About Honoring the Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for honoring the parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 781 votes, led by Deuteronomy 5:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Honoring the Parents
Deuteronomy 5:1691 votes
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.
Exodus 20:1289 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:1-2482 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:248 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Mark 7:1042 votes
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Proverbs 23:2240 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 29:1533 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Exodus 20:1-2631 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 21:1530 votes
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Exodus 21:1729 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 19:326 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 19:1826 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 6:1-426 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:426 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:2-325 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Matthew 19:1919 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Psalms 86:1-1718 votes
Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Ruth 1:16-1717 votes
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Colossians 3:2014 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
John 15:1-2713 votes
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Psalms 22:1-3112 votes
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Proverbs 1:8-1012 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Matthew 5:1-4812 votes
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Luke 7:6-910 votes
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
Romans 12:1-2110 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
What does the Bible say about honoring the parents?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 5:16 on the subject of honoring the parents. Across 781 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1-24, Ephesians 6:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.