Ephesians 6:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

honour thy father and mother,

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
  • Jer 35:18 : 18 And to the house of the Rechabites said Jeremiah: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Because that ye have hearkened unto the command of Jonadab your father, and ye observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you;
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I `am' a father, where `is' Mine honour? And if I `am' a master, where `is' My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; -- 6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; 10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine, 12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother, 13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 render, therefore, to all `their' dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 6:1
    86%

    1The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

    17`Thou dost not murder.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    83%

    12`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

    13`Thou dost not murder.

  • Eph 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

    4And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

    5The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

    5but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

    6and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

  • Matt 19:19
    77%

    19honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

    11and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

    12and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

  • Col 3:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

    21the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

  • Prov 1:8
    74%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16`Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    72%

    9`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.

  • Deut 6:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1`And this `is' the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

    2so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.

    3`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, `in' the land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Luke 18:20
    71%

    20the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • Deut 6:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

    6and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,

    7and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

  • Lev 19:3
    71%

    3`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

    18and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21so that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

  • Deut 6:20
    69%

    20`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What `are' the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

  • Gen 27:8
    69%

    8`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

  • Prov 3:1
    69%

    1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    69%

    4and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

  • Matt 22:38
    69%

    38this is a first and great command;

  • Prov 19:26
    69%

    26Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

  • Lev 19:32
    68%

    32`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Mark 12:30
    68%

    30and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this `is' the first command;