Exodus 20:12

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

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  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
  • Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Mark 10:19 : 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."'
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'
  • Exod 21:15 : 15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 21:17 : 17 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  • 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.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely be quickly destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not extend your days there but will be utterly destroyed.
  • Deut 4:40 : 40 Keep His statutes and commandments that I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor 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.
  • Deut 25:15 : 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 They are not just empty words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  • 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed down to her, and then sat on his throne. He also had a throne placed for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 Elisha saw this and cried out, 'My father, my father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!' And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching, 9 For they will be a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
  • Prov 23:22-25 : 22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—wisdom, instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of a righteous child will greatly rejoice; a man who fathers a wise son will delight in him. 25 May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoever robs his father or mother and says, 'There is no wrong in it,' is a companion to a destroyer.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
  • 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?'
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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

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

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    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.

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    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.

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

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

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

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

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    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

    11For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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  • Prov 20:20
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    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Mark 7:12
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