Ephesians 6:2
Honour your father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
In Context
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
3That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Ezekiel 22:7In you have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 6:2-10
Duties of Children to Parents; Duties of Servants to Masters. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in… Read the whole commentary →