Ephesians 6:2

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The command says, “You must respect your father and mother.” This is the first command that has a promise with it.

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

“You must honor and respect your father and your mother. Do this so that you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who does not show respect to their father or their mother!’ “Then all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’

Proverbs 20:20

Those who would curse their father or mother are like a lamp that goes out on the darkest night.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Children honor their fathers. Servants honor their masters. I am your Father, so why don’t you honor me? I am your master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests don’t respect my name. “But you say, ‘What have we done that shows we don’t respect your name?’

Ezekiel 22:7

And the people in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. There in the city, they abuse the foreigners. They cheat orphans and widows in that place.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah said to the Recabite family, “This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the commands of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all of his teachings. You have done everything he commanded.’

Romans 13:7

Give everyone what you owe them. If you owe them any kind of tax, then pay it. Show respect to those you should respect. And show honor to those you should honor.

Deuteronomy 5:16

‘You must honor your father and your mother. The Lord your God has commanded you to do this. If you follow this command, you will live a long time, and everything will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Jeremiah 35:7

Also you must never build houses, plant seeds, or plant vineyards. You must never do any of those things. You must live only in tents. If you do that, you will live a long time in the land where you move from place to place.’

Ephesians 6:3

And this is the promise: “Then all will go well with you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, the first thing they need to learn is this: to show their devotion to God by taking care of their own family. They will be repaying their parents, and this pleases God.