Colossians 3:20

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

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 But 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 right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, 3 “that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother– the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

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  • Eph 6:1-5
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    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

    2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

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

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  • Col 3:21-23
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    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

    23Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

  • Exod 20:12
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    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

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

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

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

  • Col 3:6
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    6Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

  • Deut 5:16
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    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
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    4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

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

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Matt 19:19
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    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

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    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

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    1Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

  • Titus 3:1
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    1Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

  • Lev 19:3
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    3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Eph 5:20
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    20always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Prov 3:1
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  • 1 Pet 3:6
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    6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Ps 127:3
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    3Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

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    14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

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  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

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

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  • Prov 23:22
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    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 4:1
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  • 1 John 3:22
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    22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

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    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

  • Prov 8:32
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    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Eph 5:22
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  • Eph 5:6
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