Children and Parents

Ephesians 6

¹ Children, _a obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² _b "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: ³ "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." ₁ ⁴ And _c you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but _d bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:20
   My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
   Proverbs 23:22
   Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
   Colossians 3:20
   Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 20:12
   Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
   Deuteronomy 5:16
   Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
   
3. Cross References
   Colossians 3:21
   Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 18:19
   "For I have known him, in order that he may com...
   Deuteronomy 6:7
   You shall teach them diligently to your childre...
   Deuteronomy 11:19
   You shall teach them to your children, speaking...
   Psalms 78:4
   We will not hide them from their children, Tell...
   Proverbs 22:6
   Train up a child in the way he should go, And w...
   2 Timothy 3:15
   And that from childhood you have known the Holy...