Ephesians 6:2

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

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab, your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he has instructed you,

Jeremiah 35:7

And you shall not build houses, and you shall not sow any seeds, and you shall not plant or have vineyards. Instead, you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are sojourners.'

Ezekiel 22:7

They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.

Malachi 1:6

The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, "In what way, have we despised your name?"

Romans 13:7

Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

Ephesians 6:3

so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.