Bible Verses About Obeying Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obeying parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,162 votes, led by Ephesians 6:1-3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Obeying Parents
Ephesians 6:1-3207 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:20175 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Exodus 20:12165 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 1:8134 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deuteronomy 5:16129 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.
Proverbs 23:22125 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Matthew 15:4125 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Leviticus 19:3124 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 30:17116 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.
Proverbs 6:20105 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:1101 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:498 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Mark 7:1074 votes
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Proverbs 13:158 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2 Timothy 3:252 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Proverbs 20:2046 votes
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Luke 2:5140 votes
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
John 14:1539 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Proverbs 15:536 votes
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ephesians 6:233 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Proverbs 6:20-2220 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Colossians 3:2117 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 27:1616 votes
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 4:1-416 votes
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Romans 1:3016 votes
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
What does the Bible say about obeying parents?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:1-3 on the subject of obeying parents. Across 2,162 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:20, Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 1:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.