Exodus 20:12

The Message

Honor your father and mother so that you’ll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.

Cross References

Genesis 48:12

Joseph took them from Israel’s knees and bowed respectfully, his face to the ground. Then Joseph took the two boys, Ephraim with his right hand setting him to Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand setting him to Israel’s right, and stood them before him. But Israel crossed his arms and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim who was the younger and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, the firstborn. Then he blessed them: The God before whom walked my fathers Abraham and Isaac, The God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this very day, The Angel who delivered me from every evil, Bless the boys. May my name be echoed in their lives, and the names of Abraham and Isaac, my fathers, And may they grow covering the Earth with their children.

Genesis 50:12

Jacob’s sons continued to carry out his instructions to the letter. They took him on into Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, the field that Abraham had bought as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite. * * *

1 Kings 2:19

Bathsheba went to King Solomon to present Adonijah’s request. The king got up and welcomed her, bowing respectfully, and returned to his throne. Then he had a throne put in place for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.

Exodus 21:15

“If someone hits father or mother, the penalty is death.

Exodus 21:17

“If someone curses father or mother, the penalty is death.

Proverbs 15:5

Moral dropouts won’t listen to their elders; welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.

Proverbs 17:6

Old people are distinguished by grandchildren; children take pride in their parents.

Proverbs 20:20

Anyone who curses father and mother extinguishes light and exists benighted.

Proverbs 28:24

Anyone who robs father and mother and says, “So, what’s wrong with that?” is worse than a pirate.

Proverbs 30:11

Don’t curse your father or fail to bless your mother.

Proverbs 30:17

An eye that disdains a father and despises a mother— that eye will be plucked out by wild vultures and consumed by young eagles.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then, turning to the Recabite community, Jeremiah said, “And this is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says to you: ‘Because you have done what Jonadab your ancestor told you, obeyed his commands and followed through on his instructions, receive this Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: There will always be a descendant of Jonadab son of Recab at my service! Always!’”

Leviticus 19:3

“Every one of you must respect his mother and father. “Keep my Sabbaths. I am God, your God.

Leviticus 19:32

“Show respect to the aged; honor the presence of an elder; fear your God. I am God.

Malachi 1:6

“Isn’t it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So if I’m your Father, where’s the honor? If I’m your Master, where’s the respect?” God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you on the carpet: “You priests despise me! “You say, ‘Not so! How do we despise you?’ “By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship. “You ask, ‘What do you mean, “defiling”? What’s defiling about it?’

Ephesians 5:21

Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.

Deuteronomy 11:8

So it’s you who are in charge of keeping the entire commandment that I command you today so that you’ll have the strength to invade and possess the land that you are crossing the river to make your own. Your obedience will give you a long life on the soil that God promised to give your ancestors and their children, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 21:18

When a man has a stubborn son, a real rebel who won’t do a thing his mother and father tell him, and even though they discipline him he still won’t obey, his father and mother shall forcibly bring him before the leaders at the city gate and say to the city fathers, “This son of ours is a stubborn rebel; he won’t listen to a thing we say. He’s a glutton and a drunk.”

Deuteronomy 5:16

Respect your father and mother—God, your God, commands it! You’ll have a long life; the land that God is giving you will treat you well.

Colossians 3:20

Children, do what your parents tell you. This delights the Master no end.

Ruth 3:6

She went down to the threshing floor and put her mother-in-law’s plan into action.

1 Samuel 22:3

Then David went to Mizpah in Moab. He petitioned the king of Moab, “Grant asylum to my father and mother until I find out what God has planned for me.” David left his parents in the care of the king of Moab. They stayed there all through the time David was hiding out.