“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Ephesians 6:2 - Revised Standard Version “Honor your father and mother” (this 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: |
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded you,
you shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’
Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
“that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.”
“ ‘Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.