COL. III, 20. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. GEN. XLVIII, 9. And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. LEV. XIX, 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. PROV. I, 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. PROV. VI, 20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. PROV. XIII, 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. PROV. XXIII, 22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. MATT. XV, 4. For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6. And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. EPH. VI, 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2. Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. LUKE II, 51. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 2. _It Requires_ REVERENCE TO THE AGED, WHETHER THEY ARE OUR PARENTS OR NOT. LEV. XIX, 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. 1 TIM. V, 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2. The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3. Honor widows that are widows indeed. 4. But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.