Deuteronomy 5:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:40 : 40 Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 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.’”
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, 3 “that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    93%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

    13“You shall not murder.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

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

    2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

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

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    84%

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

    5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

    6he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

  • Matt 19:19
    80%

    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Deut 5:17
    80%

    17You must not murder.

  • Mark 7:10
    80%

    10For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Exod 21:15
    78%

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 11:21
    78%

    21so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

  • Deut 4:40
    77%

    40Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”

  • Prov 6:20
    77%

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

  • Deut 6:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.

    3Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number– as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Exod 21:17
    77%

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11You must not make use of the name of the LORD your God for worthless purposes, for the LORD will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Prov 23:22
    77%

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

  • Lev 20:9
    76%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

  • Deut 30:20
    76%

    20I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

  • Deut 27:16
    76%

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Lev 19:3
    76%

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

  • Deut 11:9
    76%

    9and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 5:15
    74%

    15Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

  • Lev 19:32
    74%

    32You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 30:16
    74%

    16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Prov 23:25
    74%

    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • Luke 18:20
    74%

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

  • Deut 5:33
    74%

    33Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess.

  • Col 3:20
    73%

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

  • Deut 8:1
    73%

    1The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Deut 8:5
    73%

    5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Deut 4:25
    72%

    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Prov 30:11
    72%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Exod 20:8
    72%

    8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:10
    72%

    10You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”

  • Mark 10:19
    72%

    19You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Deut 30:5
    72%

    5Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

  • Deut 15:5
    72%

    5if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

  • 1 Kgs 8:40
    72%

    40Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.