Exodus 20:12
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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13Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Cross References
Genesis 48:12Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.
Exodus 21:15Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
Leviticus 19:3Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:26May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.
Deuteronomy 5:16Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:15But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →