100 Bible Verses About Honoring Parents

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.

Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

Bath–sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.