1 Timothy 5:4: Children Caring for Parents
First Timothy 5:4 puts the care of aging parents on the family before the church, and it calls that care a practice to be learned rather than a feeling to be felt. Paul says such repayment is acceptable in God's sight.
Genesis 2:24: Leaving Parents Without Dishonor
Genesis 2:24 makes leaving and joining the shape of every marriage, which means honoring parents after marriage continues but is now exercised from inside a new household. Leaving is a change of first loyalty, not a license to dishonor.
Ephesians 6:1–3: Honoring Father and Mother
Ephesians 6:1–3 makes honoring parents a commanded good, not merely a useful strategy, and ties it to a promise of well-being and long life. The command sits inside life in the Lord, and it must be read next to verse 4.
Proverbs 23:22 on Honoring an Aging Mother
Proverbs 23:22 grounds honor for parents in the life they gave, and it names a mother's old age as the very reason not to treat her with contempt. Care for an elderly parent is a matter of listening and honor, not only of material provision.
Colossians 3:20: Children Obey Your Parents
Children honor parents by obedient trust offered to the Lord, not by treating parental authority as ultimate. The command is broad, but it sits beside a restraint on fathers and under God's higher claim.