Ephesians 6:2
"Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;"
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- Exodus 20:12
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 27:16
"Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 15:4
"For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:20
"Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."
Read in chapter → - Malachi 1:6
"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?"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 22:7
"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."
Read in chapter → - Mark 7:9
"And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 35:18
"And Jeremiah 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:"
Read in chapter → - Romans 13:7
"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."
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