Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. Ephesians 6:1-3

2. Lemekeza atate wako ndi amako, kuti masiku ako achuluke m’dziko limene Yehova
Mulungu wako akupatsa iwe. Eksodo 20:12
Mwana wanga, usapeputse kulanga kwa Yehova; musatope ndi kulanga kwace: Pakuti
amene Yehova amkonda amlanga; monga atate mwana amene akondwera naye.
Miyambo 3:11-12
Miyambi ya Solomo. Mwana wanzeru akondweretsa atate; Koma mwana wopusa
akhumudwitsa amake. Miyambo 10:1
Mvera atate wako amene anakubala, Usapeputse amako atakalamba.
Miyambo 23:22
Ana inu, mverani akukubalani mwa Ambuye: pakuti ichi nchoyenera. Lemekeza atate wako
ndi amako; (ndilo ndilo lamulo loyamba lokhala nalo lonjezano) kuti kukhale bwino ndi iwe,
ndi kuti ukhale wa nthawi padziko lapansi. Aefeso 6:1-3
Lemekeza atate wako ndi mtima wako wonse, osaiwala zowawa za amako. Kumbukirani
kuti munabadwa mwa iwo; ndipo mungawabwezere bwanji zimene adakuchitirani? Mlaliki
7:27-28
Mlaliki 3:1-16
1 Ana inu, ndimvereni atate wanu, ndipo chitani pambuyo pake, kuti mukhale otetezeka.
2 Pakuti Yehova wapatsa atate ulemu pa ana, ndipo wakhazikitsa ulamuliro wa mayi pa ana.
3 Iye amene amalemekeza atate wake achita chotetezera machimo ake.
4 Ndipo wolemekeza amake ali ngati wounjika chuma.
5 Wolemekeza atate wake adzakondwera ndi ana ake; ndipo pamene apemphera, adzamveka.
6 Wolemekeza atate wake adzakhala ndi moyo wautali; ndipo womvera Yehova adzakhala
chitonthozo kwa amake.
7 Woopa Yehova adzalemekeza atate wace, nadzatumikira atate wace, monga kwa ambuye
ace.
8 Lemekeza atate wako ndi amako m’mawu ndi m’ntchito, kuti dalitso lochokera kwa iwo
likudzere.
9 Pakuti dalitso la atate likhazikitsa nyumba za ana; koma temberero la amake lizula maziko.
10 Usadzitamandire ndi manyazi a atate wako; pakuti manyazi a atate wako alibe ulemerero
kwa iwe.
11 Pakuti ulemerero wa munthu uchokera ku ulemerero wa atate wake; ndi mayi wamanyazi
ndi chitonzo kwa ana.
12 Mwana wanga, thandiza atate wako mu ukalamba wao, ndipo usawacititse cisoni masiku
onse a moyo wao.
13 Ndipo ngati chidziwitso chake chalephera, mupirire naye; ndipo usamnyoze pamene uli
mu mphamvu zako zonse.
14 Pakuti cipulumutso ca atate wako siidzaiwalika;
15 Pa tsiku la kusauka kwako chidzakumbukiridwa; machimo akonso adzasungunuka,
monga madzi oundana m’nyengo yofunda.
16 Wosiya atate wake ali ngati wonyoza; ndipo iye wokwiyitsa amake wotembereredwa: ndi
Mulungu.