Ephesians 6:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

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

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Genesis 50:12

Thus his sons did for him as he had instructed 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

Now Esther had not revealed her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.

Job 33:27

That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.

Psalm 119:128

Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts; I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:75

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

Psalm 19:8

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who begot you, 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 and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

My child, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Jeremiah 35:14

The command has been carried out that Jonadab son of Rechab gave to his descendants to drink no wine, and they drink none to this day, for they have obeyed their ancestor’s command. But I myself have spoken to you persistently, and you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 35:18

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you,

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed the charge of our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Hosea 14:9

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Leviticus 19:3

You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall 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, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 16:2

so that you may welcome her in the Lord, as is fitting for the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well.

Romans 7:12

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Deuteronomy 21:18

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

1 Timothy 5:4

If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.

1 Peter 2:13

For the Lord’s sake be subject to every human authority, whether to the emperor as supreme

Ruth 3:5

She said to her, “All that you say I will do.”

1 Samuel 17:20

David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment as the army was going forth to the battle line, shouting the war cry.