Ephesians 6:1

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

Genesis 48:12

So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 50:12

So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.

Nehemiah 9:13

“You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Esther 2:20

Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her.

Job 33:27

That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

Psalm 119:128

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. פ (Pe)

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

Psalm 19:8

The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

Proverbs 23:22

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

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

Proverbs 6:20

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

Jeremiah 35:14

Jonadab son of Rechab ordered his descendants not to drink wine. His orders have been carried out. To this day his descendants have drunk no wine because they have obeyed what their ancestor commanded them. But I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not obeyed me!

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.’

Jeremiah 35:8

We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Luke 2:51

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

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Romans 16:2

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

Romans 7:12

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

1 Peter 2:13

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

Ruth 3:5

Ruth replied to Naomi, “I will do everything you have told me to do.”

1 Samuel 17:20

So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.