Ephesians 6:1

New International Version

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 had gone to Paddan Aram.

Genesis 37:13

and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.

Genesis 48:12

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

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:

Nehemiah 9:13

“You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.

Esther 2:20

But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.

Job 33:27

And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

Psalm 119:128

and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psalm 19:8

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 23:22

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

Proverbs 30:11

“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

Proverbs 30:17

“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Jeremiah 35:14

‘Jehonadab son of Rekab ordered his descendants not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather’s command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah said to the family of the Rekabites, “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jehonadab and have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.’

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Leviticus 19:3

“ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Luke 2:51

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

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 16:2

I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

Romans 7:12

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:13

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

Ruth 3:5

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

1 Samuel 17:20

Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.