Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Bible References

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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 25:15
You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.

General references

Genesis 9:23
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 50:12
Thus his sons did for him as he had charged them;
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),