Bible Verses About Honoring Parents

Bible verses about Honoring Parents

200 verses
Topic

Discover what the Bible says about honoring parents.

Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.

Scripture Passages

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And ye will be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsmen, and friends; and [some] of you will they cause to be put to death.

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And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

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Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

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But the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

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These [words] his parents spoke, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

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And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

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His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

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Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

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Now the brother will betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and children will rise up against [their] parents, and will cause them to be put to death.

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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.

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But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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By faith Moses when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw [he was] a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

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Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.

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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.

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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

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Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the heathen [for] thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

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Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.

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A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many [are] they that rise up against me.

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Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all my enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after falsehood? Selah.

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But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call to him.

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[There are] many that say, Who will show us [any] good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.

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Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [when] their corn and their wine increased.

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To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

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My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] to thee, and will look up.

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But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple.

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For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

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Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

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If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)

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