Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the lan…”

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Cross references

“Honour”

Ephesians 6:1–3 Colossians 3:20 Proverbs 23:22–25 Leviticus 19:3 Proverbs 30:17 Exodus 21:17

Ephesians 6:1–3 · BSB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Colossians 3:20 · BSB

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Proverbs 23:22–25 · BSB

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Leviticus 19:3 · BSB

Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Proverbs 30:17 · BSB

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Exodus 21:17 · BSB

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

“that thy”

Deuteronomy 32:47 Deuteronomy 4:40 Deuteronomy 25:15 Proverbs 3:16 Deuteronomy 4:26

Deuteronomy 32:47 · BSB

For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Deuteronomy 4:40 · BSB

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Deuteronomy 25:15 · BSB

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 3:16 · BSB

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Also

Deuteronomy 5:16 Mark 7:10 Matthew 19:19 Mark 10:19

Deuteronomy 5:16 · BSB

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has 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.

Mark 7:10 · BSB

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Matthew 19:19 · BSB

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Mark 10:19 · BSB

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’ ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

13You shall not murder.

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