Colossians 3:20
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20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.(A)
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Ephesians 6:1-3
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Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise(A)— 3 “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
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Exodus 20:12
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12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.(A)
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Matthew 19:19
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19 Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)
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Matthew 15:4-6
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4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A) 5 But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’[b] then that person need not honor the father.[c](B) 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you nullify the word[d] of God.
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Proverbs 6:20
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
Leviticus 19:3
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3 You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Hebrews 13:21
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21 make you complete in everything good[a] so that you may do his will, as he works among us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.[c] Amen.(A)
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Titus 2:9
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9 Urge slaves to be submissive to their masters in everything, to be pleasing, not talking back,(A)
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Colossians 1:10
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10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(A)
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Ephesians 5:24
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24 Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Proverbs 30:11
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11 There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers.(A)
Malachi 1:6
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A)
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Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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Rebellious Children
18 “If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him,(A) 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. 20 They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.(B)
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Philippians 4:18
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18 I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.(A)
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Genesis 28:7
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7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
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Colossians 3:22
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22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters[a] in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.[b](A)
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