Colossians 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die. 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall 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 right.

    2Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise;

    3That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    5Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

  • Col 3:21-23
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    82%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

    22Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.

    23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men.

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

  • Col 3:17-19
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    74%

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

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

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

  • Col 3:6
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    6For which things' sake, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

  • Titus 2:9
    74%

    9Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;

  • Deut 5:16
    73%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
    73%

    4One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all respectfulness;

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Matt 19:19
    70%

    19Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Eph 5:1
    70%

    1Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;

  • Titus 3:1
    70%

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

  • Lev 19:3
    69%

    3You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

  • Eph 5:20
    69%

    20Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • 1 Pet 3:6
    69%

    6Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.

  • Deut 21:18
    69%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

  • Ps 127:3
    69%

    3Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

  • Eph 5:10
    69%

    10Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

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

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    69%

    14As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
    68%

    1In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;

  • Prov 23:22
    68%

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

  • Prov 4:1
    68%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • 1 John 3:22
    68%

    22And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  • Heb 13:17
    68%

    17Obey those who rule over you, and submit to them, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.

  • Prov 8:32
    68%

    32Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Gen 27:8
    68%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

  • Deut 27:16
    68%

    16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.