Colossians 3:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 28:7

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

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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 picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Jeremiah 35:8

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

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 5:16

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment, and more; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

Titus 2:9

Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to be refractory,

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Ruth 3:5

And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”