Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
King James Version
In Context
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →