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 as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 25:15
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 32:47
For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.

General references

Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.
Genesis 28:7
And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 50:12
So Jacob’s sons did for him what he had commanded them.
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

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