Ephesians 6:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Common English Bible

² The commandment “Honor your father and mother ”is the first one with a promise attached:

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:

Ephesians 6:2 Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

Jeremiah 35:18

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;

Jeremiah 35:7

neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Romans 13:7

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Ephesians 6:3

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee: that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to shew piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.