“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.
Ephesians 6:2 - Tree of Life Version “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother–this is the first commandment with a promise–[Exod. 20:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), Common English Bible The commandment “Honor your father and mother ”is the first one with a promise attached: Catholic Public Domain Version Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: |
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
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,”
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.’
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.
“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?”
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.
“so that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
‘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.
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.