Ephesians 6:2

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community,“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.’
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’
  • 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.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. 10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God), 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
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    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  • Deut 5:16-17
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    16Honor 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.

    17You must not murder.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
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    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 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

    5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

  • Matt 15:4-6
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    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.

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

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

  • Mark 7:10-12
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    10For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

    11But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God),

    12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

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

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Deut 27:16
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    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 23:22
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    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Exod 21:15
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    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
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  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Deut 6:1-3
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    71%

    1Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

    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.

  • Luke 18:20
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    20You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Deut 6:5-7
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    5You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

    6Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

    7and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

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

  • Deut 6:17-18
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    70%

    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,

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    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 11:21
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    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.

  • Prov 23:25
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    25May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20Exhortation to Remember the Past When your children ask you later on,“What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?”

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

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  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38This is the first and greatest commandment.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

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

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’