25 Bible Verses About Taking Care Of Parents (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Taking Care Of Parents (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Taking Care Of Parents
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1 Timothy 5:8
8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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1 Timothy 5:4
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.
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Ephesians 6:2
2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise--
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Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
36
Ephesians 6:2-3
2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
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Proverbs 23:22
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
34
Colossians 3:20
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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Exodus 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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Ephesians 6:4
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
23
Hebrews 13:5
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
23
Mark 7:11-13
11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
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James 1:27
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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2 Corinthians 12:14
14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
19
Leviticus 19:32
32 "'Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
19
Deuteronomy 5:16
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
18
Ephesians 5:33
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
17
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
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1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
17
Proverbs 22:6
6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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Proverbs 30:17
17 "The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
14
1 Timothy 5:3-4
3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. 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.
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1 Timothy 3:4
4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.
13
John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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Matthew 15:4-6
4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his father 'with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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