Exodus 20:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
  • Mark 7:10 : 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:
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 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), 3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Mark 10:19 : 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.
  • Luke 18:20 : 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.
  • Exod 21:15 : 15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
  • Exod 21:17 : 17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
  • 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.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Lev 19:32 : 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.
  • Deut 4:26 : 26 May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.
  • 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.
  • Deut 25:15 : 15 But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
  • 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: 9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
  • 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.
  • Prov 23:22-25 : 22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old. 23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense. 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. 25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
  • 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?
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

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

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

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    9On six days do all your work:

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