Colossians 3:20
Colossians · New Testament · Chapter 3
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”Colossians 3:20
What Does Colossians 3:20 Mean?
Colossians 3:20 is found in the book of Colossians, chapter 3, verse 20 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Colossians 3:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ephesians 6:1“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”Exodus 20:12“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Deuteronomy 5:16“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Proverbs 6:20“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”Proverbs 16:7“When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”Matthew 15:4“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”Matthew 19:19“Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”Leviticus 19:3“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Proverbs 30:17“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”Colossians 1:10“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;”Proverbs 30:11“There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.”Colossians 3:22“Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:”Ruth 3:5“And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.”Jeremiah 35:8“Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;”Malachi 1:6“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?”Ephesians 5:24“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”Genesis 28:7“And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;”Proverbs 20:20“Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”Titus 2:9“Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;”
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