Exodus 20:12
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Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

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Exodus 21:15,17 He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death. . . .

Leviticus 19:3,32 Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. . . .

1 Kings 2:19 Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

2 Kings 2:12 And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.

Proverbs 1:8,9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. . . .

Proverbs 15:5 A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.

Proverbs 20:20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 23:22-25 Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old. . . .

Proverbs 28:24 He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.

Proverbs 30:11,17 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. . . .

Malachi 1:6 The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear: saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 15:4-6 Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. . . .

Luke 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and mother.

Ephesians 5:21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just. . . .

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 4:26,40 I call this day heaven and earth to witness, that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which, when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall possess. You shall not dwell therein long, but the Lord will destroy you, . . .

Deuteronomy 25:15 Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

Deuteronomy 32:47 For they are not commanded you in vain, but that every one should live in them, and that doing them you may continue a long time in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.

Proverbs 3:16 Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

Context
The Ten Commandments
11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. 12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.13Thou shalt not kill.…
Cross References
Matthew 15:4
Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Mark 7:10
For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.

Mark 10:19
Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy father and mother.

Luke 18:20
Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and mother.

Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:

Leviticus 19:3
Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 5:33
But you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God hath commanded, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be long in the land of your possession.

Deuteronomy 6:2
That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I command thee, and thy sons, and thy grandsons, all the days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 11:8
That you may keep all his commandments, which I command you this day, and may go in, and possess the land, to which you are entering,

Deuteronomy 11:9
And may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience:

Deuteronomy 25:15
Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Jeremiah 35:18
And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and have kept all his precepts, and have done all that he commanded you:

Ezekiel 22:7
They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

Malachi 1:6
The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear: saith the Lord of hosts.

Lexicon
Honor
כַּבֵּ֥ד (kab·bêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

your father
אָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

and mother,
אִמֶּ֑ךָ (’im·me·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

so that
לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

your days
יָמֶ֔יךָ (yā·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

may be long
יַאֲרִכ֣וּן (ya·’ă·ri·ḵūn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 748: To be, long

in
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the land
הָאֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is giving
נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you.
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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