Scripture teaches that children have a responsibility to care for their parents, honoring them as a way of honoring God. In 1 Timothy, believers are instructed to provide for their relatives, especially their own families, with those who do not doing so being worse than unbelievers. The book of Ephesians reminds children to obey their parents, citing the fifth commandment, which promises a long life on earth to those who honor their father and mother. Proverbs also warns against despising or ignoring one's parents, emphasizing the importance of showing respect and care for them.
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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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.
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
“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.”
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.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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.”
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.
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.