Ephesians 6:1

King James 2000

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddanaram;

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 48:12

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Genesis 50:12

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Nehemiah 9:13

You came down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Esther 2:20

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai, just as when she was brought up with him.

Job 33:27

He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.

Psalm 19:8

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

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

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:

Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: yet I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but you hearkened not unto me.

Jeremiah 35:18

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he has commanded you:

Jeremiah 35:8

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall stumble in them.

Leviticus 19:3

You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 16:2

That you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she has need of you: for she has been a helper of many, and of myself also.

Romans 7:12

Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

1 Peter 2:13

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

Ruth 3:5

And she said unto her, All that you say unto me I will do.

1 Samuel 17:20

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the camp, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.