Ephesians 6:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes)

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 And Ieremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Because ye haue obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according vnto all that hee hath commaunded you,
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite, 6 Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition. 10 For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death. 11 But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free. 12 So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother, 13 Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome yee owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
    86%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

    17Thou shalt not kill.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

    13Thou shalt not kill.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

    5Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare & trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

    6Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

    21Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death.

    11But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.

    12So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother,

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.

    21Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

    2That thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.

    3Heare therefore, O Israel, and take heede to doe it, that it may go well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily in the land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes: Honour thy father and thy mother.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

  • Deut 6:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.

    6And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.

    7And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

    18And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, & that thou mayest go in, & possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse. Thou shalt hurt no man. Honour thy father and mother.

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21That your daies may be multiplied, and the daies of your children, in ye land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers to giue them, as long as the heauens are aboue the earth.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you?

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38This is the first and the great commaundement.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lorde.

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30Thou shalt therefore loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandement.