What the Bible says about honoring your parents

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exod 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Eph 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Eph 6:2–3“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Deut 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Col 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Prov 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Lev 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Prov 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Matt 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain