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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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Children and Parents

Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise(A) “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6.1 Other ancient authorities lack in the Lord

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.(A)

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16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A)

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22 Listen to your father who begot you,
    and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
    let her who bore you rejoice.

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17 The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.(A)

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You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(A)

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Warnings against Evil Companions

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
    and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
for they are a fair garland for your head
    and pendants for your neck.(B)

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20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery. You shall not murder. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.’ ”(A)

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17 “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.(A)

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19 Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)

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15 “Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.

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