Ephesians 6:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 But to the Rechabites Jeremiah said, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have done the orders of Jonadab your father, and have kept his rules, and done everything as he gave you orders to do it;
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you. 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, 12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
    86%

    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

    5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

    11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

    12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

    2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

    3 So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Deut 6:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

    6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

    7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

    18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21 So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38 This is the first and greatest rule.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.