Ephesians 6:1
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Extra References
Colossians 3:20-25
20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
21Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
22Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. 23And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. 25But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
Proverbs 23:22
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 6:20
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 1:8
8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Colossians 3:16-17
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Deuteronomy 21:18
18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
Romans 12:2
2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Leviticus 19:3
3“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
1 Timothy 5:4
4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is[+] in the sight of God.
Ephesians 6:5-6
5Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ, 6not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,