Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee,—that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Thou shalt not commit murder:
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father, and thy mother,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Deuteronomy 4:40So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee,—and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.
Deuteronomy 5:33In all the way which Yahweh your God hath commanded you, must ye walk,—that ye may live and it be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say—Amen.
Matthew 15:4For, God, said—Honour thy father and thy mother, and—He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die!
Mark 7:10For, Moses, said—Honour thy father and thy mother, and—He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die,—
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:7-23
6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them… Read the whole commentary →