Exodus 20:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Cross References

Genesis 48:12

Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

Genesis 50:12

Thus Jacob’s sons did for him as he had instructed them.

1 Kings 2:19

Then Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king stood up to meet her and paid her homage. Then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king’s mother, who sat at his right.

2 Kings 2:12

and Elisha saw it happen. He cried out, “My father! my father! Israel’s chariot and steeds!” Then he saw him no longer. He gripped his own garment, tore it into two pieces,

Exodus 21:15

Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:17

Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

Proverbs 15:5

The fool spurns a father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

Proverbs 20:20

Those who curse father or mother— their lamp will go out in the dead of night.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever defrauds father or mother and says, “It is no sin,” is a partner to a brigand.

Proverbs 3:16

Long life is in her right hand, in her left are riches and honor;

Proverbs 30:11

There are some who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father, or scorns the homage due a mother, Will be plucked out by brook ravens; devoured by a brood of vultures.

Jeremiah 35:18

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Since you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your father, kept all his commands and done everything he commanded you,

Jeremiah 35:7

Build no house and sow no seed; do not plant vineyards or own any. You must dwell in tents all your lives, so that you may live long on the land where you live as resident aliens.’

Ezekiel 22:7

Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the Lord, am your God.

Leviticus 19:32

Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the old, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.’”

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”

Ephesians 5:21

Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:8

So keep all the commandments I give you today, that you may be strong enough to enter in and take possession of the land that you are crossing over to possess,

Deuteronomy 11:9

and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen to his father or mother, and will not listen to them even though they discipline him,

Deuteronomy 25:15

But use a full and just weight, a full and just ephah, so that you may have a long life on the land the Lord, your God, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Moses Looks upon Canaan.

Deuteronomy 4:26

I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that you shall all quickly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live in it for any length of time but shall be utterly wiped out.

Deuteronomy 4:40

And you must keep his statutes and commandments which I command you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you forever. Cities of Refuge.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:33

but following exactly the way that the Lord, your God, commanded you that you may live and prosper, and may have long life in the land which you are to possess.

Deuteronomy 6:2

so that you, that is, you, your child, and your grandchild, may fear the Lord, your God, by keeping, as long as you live, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life.

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Ruth 3:6

She went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had instructed her.

1 Samuel 22:3

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Let my father and mother stay with you, until I learn what God will do for me.”