Colossians 3:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward), 3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; 20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink. 21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

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  • Eph 6:1-5
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    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

    5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

  • Col 3:21-23
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    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

    22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

    23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

  • Exod 20:12
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    12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Col 3:17-19
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    17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

    18 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

    19 Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

  • Col 3:6
    74%

    6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

  • Titus 2:9
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    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

  • Deut 5:16
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    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
    73%

    4 Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Matt 19:19
    70%

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Eph 5:1
    70%

    1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

  • Titus 3:1
    70%

    1 Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

  • Lev 19:3
    69%

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Eph 5:20
    69%

    20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • 1 Pet 3:6
    69%

    6 As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

  • Deut 21:18
    69%

    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Ps 127:3
    69%

    3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3 This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    69%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
    68%

    1 Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

  • Prov 23:22
    68%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 4:1
    68%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • 1 John 3:22
    68%

    22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

  • Heb 13:17
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    17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

  • Eph 6:7
    68%

    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 8:32
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    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

  • Eph 5:6
    68%

    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

  • Deut 27:16
    68%

    16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.