Ephesians 6:2

Tree of Life Version

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.

Jeremiah 35:18

Now Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Because you 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

Pay to everyone what is due them—tribute to whom tribute is due; tax to whom tax is due; respect to whom respect is due; honor to whom honor is due.

Deuteronomy 5:16

‘Honor your father and your mother just as Adonai your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and it may go well with you in the land Adonai your God is giving you.

Jeremiah 35:7

Also you are not to build a house, or sow seed, or plant a vineyard or own one. Instead all your days you are to dwell in tents, so that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’

Ephesians 6:3

“so that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

1 Timothy 5:4

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show devotion to their own home and give back to their parents, for this is pleasing before God.