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Bible Verses about “taking care of parents

Found 23 verses (ordered by relevance) about “taking care of parents” in the KJV version of the Bible

1 Timothy 5:8
1400 votes

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Ephesians 6:4
1043 votes

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1
573 votes

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

Exodus 20:12
517 votes

¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Ephesians 6:2
517 votes

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians 6:3
461 votes

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Colossians 3:20
284 votes

Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Leviticus 19:32
136 votes

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

1 Timothy 5:4
114 votes

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Proverbs 23:22
106 votes

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Matthew 19:19
89 votes

‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›

Matthew 15:4
88 votes

‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›

Proverbs 30:17
86 votes

The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 5:16
69 votes

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Matthew 15:6
49 votes

‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›

Matthew 15:5
46 votes

‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›

Mark 7:10
44 votes

‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›

Mark 7:12
38 votes

‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;›

John 19:27
38 votes

Then saith he to the disciple, ‹Behold thy mother!› And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own [home].

John 19:26
36 votes

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, ‹Woman, behold thy son!›

Mark 7:11
27 votes

‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free].

Leviticus 19:3
19 votes

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.

Proverbs 19:26
16 votes

¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.