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Top 25 Bible Verses About Honoring Parents (KJV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Honoring Parents (KJV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Exodus 20:12

#1
559 votes
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Colossians 3:20

#2
445 votes
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1-3

#3
369 votes
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Proverbs 20:20

#4
333 votes
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Proverbs 23:22

#6
262 votes
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Ephesians 6:1

#7
249 votes
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

1 Timothy 5:8

#8
224 votes
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Proverbs 30:17

#10
205 votes
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.

Ephesians 6:2-3

#11
200 votes
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Leviticus 20:9

#12
161 votes
9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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Ephesians 6:2

#14
158 votes
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians 6:1-24

#15
145 votes
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

#16
143 votes
18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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1 Peter 5:5-6

#18
127 votes
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Ephesians 6:1-4

#19
125 votes
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8-9

#20
116 votes
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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1 Timothy 5:1

#22
112 votes
1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Deuteronomy 5:16

#23
108 votes
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.

Exodus 21:17

#24
106 votes
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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Leviticus 19:32

#26
102 votes
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 27:16

#27
88 votes
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Exodus 21:15

#28
77 votes
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Leviticus 19:3

#29
74 votes
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Ephesians 6:4

#30
73 votes
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Matthew 15:4

#31
70 votes
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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