Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.
Exodus 21:15And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 25:15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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 →