Ephesians 6:2

World English Bible (2000)

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"' 12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

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%

    16"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

    17"You shall not murder.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

    13"You shall not murder.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

    4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

    5Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

  • Matt 15:4-6
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    79%

    4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

    5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

    6he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    79%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

    21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

    11But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

    12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

    21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9"'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

    2that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

    3Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

  • Deut 6:5-7
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    71%

    5and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

    6These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;

    7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

    18You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

  • 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
    69%

    21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?"

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38This is the first and great commandment.

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

  • Mark 12:30
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    30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.