caring for elderly parents

Exodus Chapter 20:12

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

Leviticus Chapter 19:32

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

Deuteronomy Chapter 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.

Psalm Chapter 71:9

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

Proverbs Chapter 23:22

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

Isaiah Chapter 46:3

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

Isaiah Chapter 46:4

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Mark Chapter 7:9

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Mark Chapter 7:10

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Mark Chapter 7:11

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

Mark Chapter 7:12

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

Mark Chapter 7:13

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

John Chapter 19:25

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

John Chapter 19:26

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

John Chapter 19:27

Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Ephesians Chapter 6:1

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

Ephesians Chapter 6:2

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians Chapter 6:3

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Ephesians Chapter 6:4

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

1 Timothy Chapter 5:1

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

1 Timothy Chapter 5:4

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 Chapter 5:8

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.

James Chapter 1:27

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.

Revelation Chapter 1:1

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: