Ephesians 6:2

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 20:20

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Malachi 1:6

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 LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Jeremiah 35:18

And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says 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 to all that he commanded you

Romans 13:7

Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor thy father and thy mother, as LORD thy God commanded thee, that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

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 in which ye sojourn.

Ephesians 6:3

so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.