Ephesians 6:1

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Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

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  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
  • Col 3:20-25 : 20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord. 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; 24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.
  • 1 Tim 5:4 : 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.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 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; 6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:16-17 : 16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts. 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.
  • Ps 119:128 : 128 Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
  • 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.
  • 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 : 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:
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
  • 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,
  • Rom 16:2 : 2 That you will take her in kindly, after the way of the saints, as one who is the Lord's, and give her help in anything in which she may have need of you: because she has been a help to a great number and to myself.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
  • Jer 35:14 : 14 The orders which Jonadab, the son of Rechab, gave to his sons to take no wine, are done, and to this day they take no wine, for they do the orders of their father: but I have sent my words to you, getting up early and sending them, and you have not given ear to me.
  • Ps 19:8 : 8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
  • Gen 37:13 : 13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
  • 1 Sam 17:20 : 20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
  • Esth 2:20 : 20 Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:2-5
    4 verses
    86%

    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 3:20-22
    3 verses
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    20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

    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:

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

    18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

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

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

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

    2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

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

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

    7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • 1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

  • 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

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

  • 20 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

  • 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

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

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

  • 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:

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

  • 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

  • 28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

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

  • 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.

  • 25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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

  • 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

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

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

  • 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

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

  • 31 So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.