Children: Commandments To
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Leviticus 19:3, 32
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. / You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 5:16
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.
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Psalm 148:12, 13
young men and maidens, old and young together. / Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Proverbs 1:8, 9
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.
Proverbs 3:1–3
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. / Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 4:1–4, 10, 11, 20–22
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. / For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. / When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
Proverbs 5:1, 2
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, / that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 6:20–25
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. / When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 8:32, 33
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. / Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Proverbs 23:22, 26
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. / My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Ephesians 6:1–3
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.”
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Titus 2:6
In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.