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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Ephesians 6:1-3
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Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise(A)— 3 “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
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- 6.1 Other ancient authorities lack in the Lord
Colossians 3:20
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20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:16
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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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Mark 7:10
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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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Proverbs 23:22-25
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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.
Proverbs 30:17
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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)
Leviticus 19:3
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3 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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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they are a fair garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.(B)
Luke 18:20
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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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Exodus 21:17
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17 “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.(A)
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Matthew 19:19
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19 Honor your father and mother. Also, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)
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Exodus 21:15
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15 “Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.
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