The Duties of Children Toward Their Parents
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These are the duties of children toward their parents:
- To obey the Law of God.
- “And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.” Deuteronomy 30:2.
- “Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.” Proverbs 28:7.
- “Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.” Deuteronomy 31:12, 13.
- “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” Psalms 34:11.
- “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” Exodus 20:12.
- “Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:3.
- “Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord they 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.” Deuteronomy 5:16.
- “For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.” Matthew 15:4, Mark 7:10.
- “Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Matthew 19:19.
- “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.” Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20.
- “Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” Ephesians 6:2.
- “My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.” Proverbs 6:20, 21.
- “My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.” Proverbs 7:1-3.
- “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1.
- “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.” Colossians 3:20.
- “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.” Proverbs 1:8, 9.
- “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments; For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.” Proverbs 3:1-4.
- “My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.” Proverbs 1:2.
- “My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.” Proverbs 6:20, 21.
- “And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.” Genesis 47:12.
- “But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.” 1 Timothy 5:4.
- “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32.
- “Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.” Proverbs 23:22.
- “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5.
Adapted from: Balan, Ioanichie (1984). Convorbiri Duhovnicesti. Romania: Episcopia Romanului si Husilor.
