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Bible Verses About Obedience to Parents
Find Bible verses about obedience to parents — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about obedience to parents?
The Bible addresses obedience to parents with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Ephesians 6:1
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
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Hebrews 5:8
“though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.”
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Romans 5:19
“For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.”
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Colossians 3:20
“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”
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1 Peter 1:14
“as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,”
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Romans 16:19
“For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.”
Romans 6:16
“Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?”
Philemon 1:21
“Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.”
Acts 5:29
“But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.”
Luke 1:38
“Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.”
Matthew 7:24
“"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.”
Genesis 2:17
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."”
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
Genesis 49:10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.”
Matthew 26:39
“He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."”
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