New Testament verses
Colossians 3:20: "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord".
2 Timothy 3:2: Paul lists "disobedient to their parents" as a characteristic of people in the last days.
Ephesians 6:1: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right".
Old Testament verses
Deuteronomy 21:18-21: This passage describes a "stubborn and rebellious son" who would not obey his parents and, under the law, was to be brought before the elders to be stoned to death.
Proverbs 14:17: "A fool acts with violence, but the wise will calm him".
Proverbs 17:25: "A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him".
Proverbs 15:20: "A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother".
