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The 12 most-voted verses about caring for elderly parents, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 (BSB)

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 (WEB)

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:4 (BSB)

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.

1 Timothy 5:4 (KJV)

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.

1 Timothy 5:4 (WEB)

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12 (BSB)

¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 20:12 (KJV)

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

Exodus 20:12 (WEB)

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32 (KJV)

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

Leviticus 19:32 (WEB)

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:16 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Deuteronomy 5:16 (KJV)

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

Deuteronomy 5:16 (WEB)

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:22 (BSB)

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:22 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 23:22 (WEB)

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:1 (BSB)

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;

1 Timothy 5:1 (KJV)

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

1 Timothy 5:1 (WEB)

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:9 (BSB)

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Psalm 71:9 (KJV)

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:9 (WEB)

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

Ephesians 6:1 (BSB)

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

Ephesians 6:1 (KJV)

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

Ephesians 6:1 (WEB)

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 (BSB)

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 (WEB)

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 1:27 (BSB)

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James 1:27 (KJV)

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 1:27 (WEB)

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Revelation 1:1 (BSB)

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:

Revelation 1:1 (KJV)

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Revelation 1:1 (WEB)

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