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

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

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

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Honor the widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

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

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him. And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold. From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched, to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD. Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. . . .

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

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

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. . . .

You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.