Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Exodus 21:15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear, every man, his mother and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:26I call this day the heavens and the earth to witness against you, that ye shall soon perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not remain many days upon it, but ye shall surely be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: in order that thy days may be prolonged, and in order that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 25:15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; in order that thy days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord 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 →