What Does The Bible Say About?

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Colossians 3:20

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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Matthew 15:4

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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Ephesians 6:4

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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 27:16

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‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Exodus 21:17

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Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Mark 7:10

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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Hebrews 13:4

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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 30:17

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As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

1 John 2:5

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But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

John 14:15

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If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

1 Peter 1:14

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As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

John 14:23

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Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Romans 5:19

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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

1 John 2:15

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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

James 4:7

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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Corinthians 14:34

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Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

Luke 11:28

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But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Luke 2:51

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Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

1 John 1:9

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 2:1-29

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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: . . .

1 Samuel 15:22

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But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

2 John 1:6

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And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

Ephesians 6:1-3

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Exodus 20:12

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Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:8

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

1 John 5:3

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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Acts 5:29

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But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Colossians 3:21

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Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Exodus 19:5

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Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Hebrews 13:17

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Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

James 1:22

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Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Philippians 2:3

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Proverbs 13:24

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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

1 Corinthians 6:18

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Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Acts 5:32

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We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Philippians 2:8

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And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Proverbs 6:20

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My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Revelation 1:1

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Romans 1:5

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Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

1 John 2:15-17

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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

Colossians 3:22

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Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:2

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“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Ephesians 6:2-3

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“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Isaiah 1:19

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If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

John 14:21

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Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

Joshua 5:6

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For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Romans 12:2

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

1 John 2:3-6

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By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

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For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

2 Timothy 3:17

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so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Deuteronomy 21:18

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If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Deuteronomy 28:1

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“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Job 36:11

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If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

John 15:14

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You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Psalm 119:60

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I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

Psalm 68:6

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God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Titus 2:3-5

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Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

1 Corinthians 15:58

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

1 John 1:7

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But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 Peter 1:2

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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

2 Corinthians 10:5

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We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Ephesians 6:5

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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

Hebrews 5:9

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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

James 1:25

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But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 7:21

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Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Proverbs 23:22

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Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 3:1-2

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My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Psalm 19:8

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The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Romans 12:1

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Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Romans 13:1

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Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

Romans 6:16

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Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

Deuteronomy 5:16

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Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Genesis 22:18

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And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Hebrews 12:2

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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Matthew 19:19

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honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 23:23

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Matthew 5:17

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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Philemon 1:21

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Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

Proverbs 20:20

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Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Proverbs 5:18-19

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May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Romans 2:6-8

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God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Romans 8:14

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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Romans 8:28

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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Ephesians 5:6

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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 6:3

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“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Galatians 5:19-21

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The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 5:8

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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

Jeremiah 7:23

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but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

John 16:21

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A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Mark 10:19

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You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

Philippians 2:12

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Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Proverbs 13:13

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He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

Proverbs 15:5

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A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Proverbs 22:15

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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14

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Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 29:15

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A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

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