Bible Verses About Stay Close to Your Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for stay close to your parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 224 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Stay Close to Your Parents
Proverbs 22:618 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:117 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 20:1216 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:416 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:2016 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Colossians 3:2116 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Revelation 1:115 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Ephesians 6:1-414 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 127:3-513 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 29:1713 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Genesis 2:2412 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 1:812 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 29:1512 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
1 Timothy 5:812 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Proverbs 13:2411 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 5:3111 votes
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
What does the Bible say about stay close to your parents?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of stay close to your parents. Across 224 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:1, Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.