Bible Verses About Respecting Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for respecting parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,614 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 Respecting Parents
Exodus 20:12574 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 1:8420 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:1-4403 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:20355 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1286 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 21:17248 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:16194 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.
Ephesians 6:4187 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6145 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21126 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 13:24122 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:15101 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:1-391 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 19:2082 votes
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 23:2271 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Luke 14:2667 votes
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Ephesians 6:261 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
1 Peter 2:1757 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Leviticus 19:3251 votes
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:349 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Hebrews 13:1749 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Matthew 15:448 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Galatians 6:748 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
1 John 2:1-2945 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Deuteronomy 27:1643 votes
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
What does the Bible say about respecting parents?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:12 on the subject of respecting parents. Across 5,614 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 1:8, Ephesians 6:1-4, Colossians 3:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.