Colossians 3:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; 2 honour thy father and mother, 3 which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
  • Titus 2:9 : 9 Servants -- to their own masters `are' to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram --
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
  • Col 1:10 : 10 to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,
  • Col 3:22 : 22 The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them -- 19 then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place, 20 and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard; 21 and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I `am' a father, where `is' Mine honour? And if I `am' a master, where `is' My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; -- 6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'

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    1The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

    2honour thy father and mother,

    3which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

    4And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

    5The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

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    21the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

    22The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

    23and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • Exod 20:12
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    12`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Col 3:17-19
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    17and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

    18The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

    19the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

  • Col 3:6
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    6because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

  • Titus 2:9
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    16`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
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    4his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

  • Matt 15:4
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    4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Matt 19:19
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    19honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'

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    6Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

  • Titus 3:1
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    1Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

  • Lev 19:3
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    3`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Eph 5:20
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    20giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

  • Prov 3:1
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    1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • 1 Pet 3:6
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    6as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

  • Ps 127:3
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    3Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb.

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    10proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

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    14as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

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    3for this `is' right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

    12For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

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    9`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

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    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

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    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  • 1 John 3:22
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    22and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this `is' unprofitable to you.

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    7with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

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    32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

  • Eph 5:22
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    22The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

  • Deut 27:16
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    16`Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.