Ephesians 6:2

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"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 But to the house of the Rechabites, Jeremiah said: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your ancestor, and have kept all his instructions and done all that he commanded you,”'
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 He also said to them, "How skillfully you set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God), 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
    86%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

    17You shall not murder.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

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

    13You shall not murder.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

    5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

    6they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'

    11But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God),

    12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

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

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

    2So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.

    3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey, so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Deut 6:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

    6These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart.

    7Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

    18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well with you, and you may go in and possess the good land the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38This is the first and greatest commandment.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'