“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”
Exodus 20:12 NLT
Why is it important to
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Luke 6:38 NIV
The
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:1 NIV
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 1:8 NIV
A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
Proverbs 13:1 NIV
Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
I Timothy 5:3-4 NIV
What can we do to
For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.
I Thessalonians 2:11-12 NIV
Fathers do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
Colossians 3:21 NIV