Honoring parents

Honoring parents is one of the Ten Commandments. This page lists verses on the commandment, its repetition in the New Testament, sayings in Proverbs, and caring for parents.

The commandment

• Exodus 20:12
  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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• Deuteronomy 5:16
  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.
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• Leviticus 19:3
  Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
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In the New Testament

• Ephesians 6:1-3
  ¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ²Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) ³That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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• Colossians 3:20
  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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• Matthew 15:4-6
  ⁴For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; ⁶And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
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In Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:8-9
  ⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ⁹For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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• Proverbs 23:22
  Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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• Proverbs 20:20
  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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• Proverbs 30:17
  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.
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Caring for parents

• 1 Timothy 5:4
  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.
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• John 19:26-27
  ²⁶When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! ²⁷Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
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Jesus and his parents

• Luke 2:51
  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.
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See also

• Ten Commandments
• Parenting
• Fathers
• Mothers

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.