Ephesians 6:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: 11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ; 12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother; 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due] ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
    86%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

    17Thou shalt not kill.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

    13Thou shalt not kill.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

    5Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;

    6he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

    21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

    11but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ;

    12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

    21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;

    2that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

    3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • Deut 6:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

    6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

    7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

    18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38This is the great and first commandment.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.