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Exodus 20:12

WEB

12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

KJV

12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

BSB

12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

FBV

12Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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Extra References

Ephesians 6:1-3

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: 3that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”


Colossians 3:20

20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.


Deuteronomy 5:16

16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.


Mark 7:10

10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’


Proverbs 23:22-25

22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. 23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. 24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. 25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!


Leviticus 19:3

3“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.


Proverbs 30:17

17The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.


Proverbs 1:8-9

8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching; 9for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.


Matthew 19:19

19Honor your father and your mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”


Proverbs 20:20

20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.