Ephesians 6:1

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not tending our flocks at Shechem? Come and I will send you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph answered.

Genesis 48:12

Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

Genesis 50:12

Thus Jacob’s sons did for him as he had instructed them.

Nehemiah 9:13

On Mount Sinai you came down, you spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances, true laws, good statutes and commandments;

Job 33:27

He shall sing before all and say, “I sinned and did wrong, yet I was not punished accordingly.

Psalm 119:128

Thus, I follow all your precepts; every wrong way I hate.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your judgments are righteous; though you afflict me, you are faithful.

Psalm 19:8

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and reject not your mother’s teaching;

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who begot you, do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There are some who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father, or scorns the homage due a mother, Will be plucked out by brook ravens; devoured by a brood of vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

Observe, my son, your father’s command, and do not reject your mother’s teaching;

Jeremiah 35:14

The words of Jonadab, Rechab’s son, by which he commanded his children not to drink wine, have been upheld: to this day they have not drunk wine; they obeyed their ancestor’s command. I, however, have spoken to you time and again. But you did not obey me!

Jeremiah 35:18

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Since you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your father, kept all his commands and done everything he commanded you,

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed Jonadab, Rechab’s son, our father, in everything that he commanded us: not drinking wine as long as we live—neither we nor our wives nor our sons nor our daughters;

Hosea 14:9

Ephraim! What more have I to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will take note of him. I am like a verdant cypress tree. From me fruit will be found for you!

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the Lord, am your God.

Luke 2:51

He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. Many Parts in One Body.

Romans 16:2

that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy ones, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a benefactor to many and to me as well. Paul’s Greetings.

Romans 7:12

So then the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Sin and Death.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen to his father or mother, and will not listen to them even though they discipline him,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these first learn to perform their religious duty to their own family and to make recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as supreme

Ruth 3:5

“I will do whatever you say,” Ruth replied.

1 Samuel 17:20

Early the next morning, having left the flock with a shepherd, David packed up and set out, as Jesse had commanded him. He reached the barricade of the camp just as the army, on their way to the battleground, were shouting their battle cry.