Colossians 3:20

Catholic Public Domain Version

Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.

Jeremiah 35:8

Therefore, we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he has commanded us, so that we do not drink wine all our days, we and our wives, our sons and daughters.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.

Leviticus 19:3

Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Malachi 1:6

The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, "In what way, have we despised your name?"

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and your mother. And, you shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Ephesians 5:24

Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 3:22

Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

Titus 2:9

Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.

Ruth 3:5

She answered, "I will do everything as you have instructed."