Matthew 15:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 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.
  • Exod 21:17 : 17 And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honour 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.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 If 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.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth, 20 And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard. 21 Then all the men of his citie shall stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euill from among you, that all Israel may heare it, and feare.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.
  • Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.
  • 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.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there is no light in them.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then sayd Iesus vnto him, Auoyde Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
  • Matt 5:17-19 : 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Lawe, or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy them, but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I say vnto you, Till heauen, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled. 19 Whosoeuer therefore shall breake one of these least commandements, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 7:9-12
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    92%

    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,

  • Exod 21:17
    87%

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

  • Lev 20:9
    87%

    9 If 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.

  • Matt 15:5-7
    3 verses
    86%

    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.

    7 O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,

  • Exod 21:15
    85%

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

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16 Honour 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.

    17 Thou shalt not kill.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

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

    13 Thou shalt not kill.

  • Deut 27:16
    80%

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

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18 He sayd to him, Which? And Iesus sayde, These, Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnesse.

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

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 30:11
    78%

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

  • Matt 15:3
    77%

    3 But he answered & said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commaundement of God by your tradition?

  • Prov 20:20
    76%

    20 He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

  • Luke 18:20
    76%

    20 Thou 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.

  • Mark 10:19
    75%

    19 Thou 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.

  • Lev 24:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.

    16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine.

    17 He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

  • Lev 19:3
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:26
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    26 He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

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

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:24
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    24 Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.

  • Exod 31:14
    72%

    14 Ye shall therefore keepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shal die the death: therefore whosoeuer worketh therin, the same person shalbe euen cut off from among his people.

  • Matt 5:21
    72%

    21 Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of the olde time, Thou shalt not kill: for whosoeuer killeth shalbe culpable of iudgement.

  • Matt 10:21
    72%

    21 And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

  • Mark 13:12
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    12 Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

  • John 5:23
    71%

    23 Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

  • Ezek 18:18
    71%

    18 His father, because he cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, loe, euen he dyeth in his iniquitie.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

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

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Col 3:20
    71%

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

  • Deut 24:16
    71%

    16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.

  • Matt 10:37
    71%

    37 He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me; he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

  • Lev 20:11
    70%

    11 And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them.

  • Lev 19:32
    70%

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

  • Exod 35:2
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    2 Six dayes thou shalt work, but the seuenth day shall bee vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer doth any worke therein, shall die.