Exodus 20:12
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Honor your parents’ words and wisdom
Proverbs 4:1-4
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. 2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching. 3 For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. 4 Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
Honor your parent with affection and caring
Matthew 15:1-9
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” 3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
Psalm 91:14-16
14 “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Honor your parents by showing proper respect
Leviticus 19:3 3 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.’
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Honor your parents by living an honorable life.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 23:25
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
God’s promise for honoring your parents
Exodus 20:12
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Ephesians 6:2-3 2
“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”