“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
1 Corinthians 13:4
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Honoring your father and mother is the first commandment with a promise, as Paul notes in Ephesians 6:2-3. This biblical principle spans both testaments and applies to children of all ages. These Bible verses about honoring your father and mother reveal that this commandment is not just about obedience in childhood but about a lifelong attitude of respect, care, and gratitude toward those who raised us. Whether your relationship with your parents is strong or strained, these scriptures provide wisdom for fulfilling this important commandment.
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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
1 Corinthians 13:4
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“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.”
Matthew 5:44
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“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Matthew 22:39
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“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Colossians 3:14
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“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Romans 12:10
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“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
Romans 12:9
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“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.”
Ephesians 5:25
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“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5
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“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Romans 10:17
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“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Matthew 5:9
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“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
Psalm 119:165
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“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”
Luke 6:37
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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10
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“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
James 1:5
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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:105
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“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 2:6
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“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
Proverbs 4:7
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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:7
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“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Romans 12:2
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“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.”
John 16:13
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“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24
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“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:22
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“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
Ephesians 5:33
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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
Ephesians 6:1
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“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
Exodus 20:12
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“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Psalm 127:3
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“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4
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“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”
Proverbs 31:28
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“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
Proverbs 31:10
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