Honrar os pais
Honrar pai e mãe é mandamento de Deus com promessa de vida longa e feliz. A Bíblia ensina que respeitar, obedecer e cuidar dos pais é dever sagrado dos filhos.
O mandamento com promessa
Honra a teu pai e a tua mãe para que vá bem contigo e vivas muito tempo sobre a terra. É o primeiro mandamento com promessa.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Obedecer e respeitar
Filhos, obedecei a vossos pais no Senhor. Ouvir a instrução do pai e não desprezar o ensino da mãe traz sabedoria.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1 A wise son is instructed of his father; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Consequências da desonra
A Bíblia adverte severamente contra a desonra aos pais. Quem amaldiçoa ou agride os pais enfrenta consequências sérias.
26 A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
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 vultures shall eat it.
17 And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Cuidar dos pais
Quem não cuida dos seus, principalmente de sua família, negou a fé. Honrar os pais inclui respeitar os idosos.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.