Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
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- Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Jer 35:18 : 18 And emiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Similar Verses (AI)
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1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Deut 5:16-172 verses85%
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath command thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
- Exod 20:12-132 verses83%
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
- Eph 6:3-53 verses83%
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
- Matt 15:4-63 verses79%
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Prov 6:20-212 verses79%
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Mark 7:10-123 verses76%
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
- Col 3:20-212 verses74%
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Deut 6:1-33 verses71%
1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God command to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- Deut 6:5-73 verses71%
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 6:17-182 verses70%
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath command thee.
18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
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19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
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21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
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25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath command you?
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8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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38 This is the first and great commandment.
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26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reoach.
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32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
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30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.