Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth to thee.
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Genesis 48:12And Joseph led them from before him, and worshipped with his face on the earth.
Exodus 21:15Whosoever striketh his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
Leviticus 19:3A man shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep the day of My Sabbath: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:26I call, this day, the heavens and earth to witness that you will surely perish from off the land whither you go over the Jordan to possess it: you will not prolong days upon it, for with destruction you will be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord hath commanded, that thou mayest prolong thy days, and it may be well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
Deuteronomy 25:15Perfect weights and true shalt thou have, perfect measures and true shalt thou have, that thy days may be prolonged upon 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 →