Ephesians 6:2
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2 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise(A)—
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Exodus 20:12
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12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.(A)
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Matthew 15:4-6
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4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A) 5 But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’[b] then that person need not honor the father.[c](B) 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you nullify the word[d] of God.
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Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Mark 7:9-13
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9 Then he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!(A) 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(B) 11 But you say that if anyone tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is Corban’ (that is, an offering to God[a]),(C) 12 then you no longer permit doing anything for a father or mother, 13 thus nullifying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many things like this.”
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- 7.11 Gk lacks to God
Malachi 1:6
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A)
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.(A)
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Jeremiah 35:18
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18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you,
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Romans 13:7
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7 Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
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