Colossians 3:20

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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and went to Paddan-Aram.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them, 19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1-5
    5 verses
    83%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

    2"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

    3so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

    5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • Col 3:21-23
    3 verses
    82%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

    23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people.

  • Exod 20:12
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    12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Col 3:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

    18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • Col 3:6
    74%

    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.

  • Deut 5:16
    73%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
    73%

    4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Matt 19:19
    70%

    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

  • Eph 5:1
    70%

    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • Titus 3:1
    70%

    1Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, and to be ready for every good work.

  • Lev 19:3
    69%

    3Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Eph 5:20
    69%

    20giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • 1 Pet 3:6
    69%

    6Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children if you do what is good and do not fear anything that frightens you.

  • Deut 21:18
    69%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Ps 127:3
    69%

    3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

  • Eph 5:10
    69%

    10Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    69%

    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

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

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    69%

    14As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
    69%

    3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

    12For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Lev 20:9
    68%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
    68%

    1In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives.

  • Prov 23:22
    68%

    22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 4:1
    68%

    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • 1 John 3:22
    68%

    22And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.

  • Heb 13:17
    68%

    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  • Eph 6:7
    68%

    7Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

  • Prov 8:32
    68%

    32Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Gen 27:8
    68%

    8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Eph 5:22
    68%

    22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

  • Eph 5:6
    68%

    6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • Deut 27:16
    68%

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'