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Old Testament Era7 quotes
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. — God · 1405 BCAnd he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. — Genesis 22:2 · 1405 BCMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — Proverbs 6:20 · 686 BCA wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. — Proverbs 10:1 · 686 BCAs is the mother, so is her daughter. — Ezekiel 16:44 · 570 BCTrain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6 · 686 BCAll 7 quotes →New Testament Era3 quotes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother. — Ephesians 6:1-2 · 62Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. — Colossians 3:20 · 62And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. — Ephesians 6:4 · 62The Renaissance2 quotes
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child. — William Shakespeare · 1606My son-and what's a son? A thing begot
Within a pair of minutes, thereabout,
A lump bred up in darkness. — Thomas Kyd · 1592Classical antiquity1 quote
Sons are the anchors of a mother's life. — Sophocles · 400 BC