Colossians 3:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Ye children, obeye youre elders in all thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE.

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Ye children, obey youre elders in the LORDE, for that is righte. 2 Honoure thy father and thy mother ( That is the first commaundement, that hath eny promes) 3 that thou mayest prospere, and lyue longe vpon earth.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Exhorte the seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their masters, to please in all thinges, not answeringe agayne,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 and that Iacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone vnto Mesopotamia:
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 For I haue all, and haue plentye. I was euen fylled wha I receaued of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odoure of swetenes, a sacrifice accepted & pleasaunt vnto God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God:
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Ye seruauntes, be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges, not with eye seruyce as men pleasers, but in synglenes of hert, fearinge God.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Euery one feare his father and his mother. Kepe my holy dayes: for I am the LORDE youre God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father, and mother, and whan they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe them, 19 then shall his father and mother take him, and brynge him to ye Elders of their cite, and to the gate of the same place, 20 and saye vnto the Elders of the cite: This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a dronkarde. 21 Then shal all the men of ye same cite stone him to death: and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell fro the, that all Israel maye heare and feare.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaudement at naught: the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In the haue they despised father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the strauger, in the haue they vexed the wyddowe & the fatherlesse.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 Shulde not a sonne honoure his father, and a seruaut his master? Yf I be now a father, where is myne honoure? Yf I be the LORDE, where am I feared? sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Now to you prestes, that despise my name. And yf ye saye: wherin haue we despised thy name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death. 5 But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God. 6 By this is it come to passe, that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more. And thus haue ye made the comaundement of God of none effecte, for youre owne tradicios.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honoure father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1-5
    5 verses
    83%

    1 Ye children, obey youre elders in the LORDE, for that is righte.

    2 Honoure thy father and thy mother ( That is the first commaundement, that hath eny promes)

    3 that thou mayest prospere, and lyue longe vpon earth.

    4 And ye fathers, prouoke not youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE.

    5 Ye seruauntes, obey youre bodely masters, with feare and tremblynge, in synglenes of youre hert, euen as vnto Christ,

  • Col 3:21-23
    3 verses
    82%

    21 Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

    22 Ye seruauntes, be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges, not with eye seruyce as men pleasers, but in synglenes of hert, fearinge God.

    23 What so euer ye do, do it hertely, euen as vnto the LORDE and not vnto men.

  • 12 Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

  • Col 3:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17 And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke, do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu, and geue thankes vnto God the father by him.

    18 Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE.

    19 Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

  • 6 for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue:

  • 9 Exhorte the seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their masters, to please in all thinges, not answeringe agayne,

  • 16 Honoure thy father and thy mother, as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the that thou mayest lyue longe vpo earth, and that it maye go well with the in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shall geue the.

  • 4 & one that ruleth his awne house honestly, hauynge obedient children with all honestye.

  • 4 For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death.

  • 6 Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • 8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:

  • 19 Honoure father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.

  • 6 Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.

  • 20 My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.

  • 1 Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,

  • 1 Warne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite, to obey the officers, to be ready vnto all good workes,

  • 3 Euery one feare his father and his mother. Kepe my holy dayes: for I am the LORDE youre God.

  • 20 geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

  • 1 My sonne, forget not my lawe, but se yt thine hert kepe my comaundemetes.

  • 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him lorde: whose doughters ye are, as loge as ye do well, not beynge afrayed for eny trouble.

  • 18 Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father, and mother, and whan they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe them,

  • 3 It is but lost labour that ye ryse vp early, and take no rest, but eate the bred of carefulnesse: for loke to whom it pleaseth him, he geueth it in slepe.

  • 10 and prone what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE,

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    25 so shal thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal reioyse.

    26 My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.

  • 14 as obedient childre, not fasshionynge youre selues to yor olde lustes of ignoraunce:

  • 3 For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    69%

    11 My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge of ye LORDE, nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him.

    12 For who the LORDE loueth, him he chasteneth: and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne.

  • 9 Who so euer curseth his father or his mother, shall dye the death: his bloude be vpon him, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

  • 1 Likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes, that euen they which beleue not the worde, maye without the worde be wonne by ye couersacion of the wyues,

  • 22 Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde.

  • 1 Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

  • 22 And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte.

  • 17 Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you, and submytte youre selues vnto them: for they watch for youre soules, euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, that they maye do it with ioye, and not with grefe: for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you.

  • 7 with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me:

  • 4 Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly, and to recompence their elders. For yt is good & acceptable before God.

  • 32 Therfore harken vnto me (o ye children) for blessed are they that kepe my wayes.

  • 8 Now therfore my sonne, heare my voyce, what I commaunde the:

  • 22 Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE.

  • 6 (Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes) for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue.

  • 16 Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.