Bible Verses About Taking Care of Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,635 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Taking Care of Parents
1 Timothy 5:8453 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.
1 Timothy 5:4393 votes
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Exodus 20:12289 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 23:22262 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Ephesians 6:2175 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Matthew 15:4-6169 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Ephesians 6:1-3159 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
John 19:26-27129 votes
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Proverbs 30:17124 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.
Ephesians 6:2-3119 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Proverbs 19:26109 votes
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Colossians 3:20103 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Mark 7:10-1296 votes
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Deuteronomy 5:1692 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.
Matthew 19:1987 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ephesians 6:1-485 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Leviticus 19:3282 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 19:378 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Mark 7:11-1362 votes
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
Ephesians 6:462 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:1460 votes
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Hebrews 13:556 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1 John 3:17-1853 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Acts 5:2950 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
1 Timothy 5:3-447 votes
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
What does the Bible say about taking care of parents?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of taking care of parents. Across 4,635 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 5:4, Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 23:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.