Ephesians 6:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 6:18 : 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,
  • Deut 12:25 : 25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
  • Deut 4:40 : 40 Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.
  • Deut 5:16 : 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.
  • Ps 128:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. 2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.
  • Jer 42:6 : 6 If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
  • Deut 6:3 : 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.
  • Deut 12:28 : 28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
  • Deut 22:7 : 7 See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.
  • Ruth 3:1 : 1 And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

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    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.

  • Eph 6:1-2
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    83%

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

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

  • Exod 20:12
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    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 11:21
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    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 3:1-2
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    79%

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

    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

  • Deut 6:2-3
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    78%

    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.

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

  • Deut 4:40
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    40 Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

  • Deut 6:18
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    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,

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    76%

    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.

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    20 In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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    31 So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

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

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    9 And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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    33 Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.

  • Matt 15:4
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    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.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Deut 12:28
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    28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

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    73%

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

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    24 May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

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

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

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    25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

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

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    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

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    1 Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.

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    71%

    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.

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