Taking Care of Parents
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1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Mark 7:11–13
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God), / he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother. / Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Ephesians 6:1–3
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.”
2 Corinthians 12:14
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.