Colossians 3:20
the children: obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the LORD;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19the husbands: love your wives, and do not be bitter with them;
21the fathers: do not distress your children, lest they be discouraged;
Cross References
Genesis 28:7that Jacob listens to his father and to his mother, and goes to Padan-Aram—
Leviticus 19:3You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.
Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed [is] he who is making light of his father and his mother.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
Proverbs 6:20Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
Proverbs 30:11A generation lightly esteems their father, || And does not bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7They have made light of father and mother in you, || They dealt oppressively to a sojourner in your midst, || They oppressed fatherless and widow in you.
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 →