Ephesians 6:2

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Honour {G5091} thy {G4675} father {G3962} and {G2532} mother {G3384};(which {G3748} is {G2076} the first {G4413} commandment {G1785} with {G1722} promise {G1860};)

“Honor your father and mother” — this is the first commandment that embodies a promise —

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 20:12 (66 votes)

    ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Deuteronomy 27:16 (16 votes)

    Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Matthew 15:4 (10 votes)

    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  • Matthew 15:6 (10 votes)

    And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  • Proverbs 20:20 (9 votes)

    ¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  • Malachi 1:6 (7 votes)

    ¶ 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?

  • Mark 7:9 (7 votes)

    And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.