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Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.“ Honor your father and mother”— which is the first commandment with a promise—“ so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” (niv)
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Exodus 20:12
“ Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 27:16
“ Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Then all the people shall say,“ Amen!” (niv)
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Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. (niv)
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Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother,’ and‘ love your neighbor as yourself.’” (niv)
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Matthew 15:4-6
For God said,‘ Honor your father and mother’ and‘ Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is‘ devoted to God,’they are not to‘ honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. (niv)
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Colossians 1:10
so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, (niv)
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Titus 2:9
Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, (niv)
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Proverbs 30:17
“ The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (niv)
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Hebrews 13:21
equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (niv)
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Leviticus 19:3
“‘ Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. (niv)
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Proverbs 30:11
“ There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers; (niv)
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Ephesians 5:24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.They shall say to the elders,“ This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid. (niv)
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Proverbs 20:20
If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness. (niv)
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Malachi 1:6
“ A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty.“ It is you priests who show contempt for my name.“ But you ask,‘ How have we shown contempt for your name?’ (niv)
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Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. (niv)
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Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. (niv)
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Philippians 4:18
I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. (niv)
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Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. (niv)