Ephesians 6:1-4
New International Version
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A) 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](B)
4 Fathers,[b] do not exasperate your children;(C) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(D)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16
- Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents
Ephesians 6:1-4
King James Version
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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Colossians 3:20
New International Version
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Colossians 3:20
King James Version
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Exodus 20:12
New International Version
Exodus 20:12
King James Version
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Proverbs 1:8
New International Version
Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Proverbs 1:8
King James Version
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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