Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Ephesians 6:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Honour your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother–this is the first commandment with a promise–[Exod. 20:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), Common English Bible The commandment “Honor your father and mother ”is the first one with a promise attached: Catholic Public Domain Version Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: |
Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Whoever curses his father or mother #– # his lamp will go out in deep darkness.
But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and have kept all his commands and have done everything he commanded you,
You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so that you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident foreigner.”
Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the resident foreigner is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those to whom you owe taxes, tolls to those to whom you owe tolls, respect to those to whom you owe respect, and honour to those to whom you owe honour.
so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land. ,,
“The one who dishonours his father or mother is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”
Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practise godliness towards their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.