Genesis 48:12

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

“ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

“ ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Yahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.

Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him.

They said, “Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.” They bowed down humbly.

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,

You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”

The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;’

‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’ ”

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.