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.
General references
Bible References
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 25:15
A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
Genesis 50:12
Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them,
Deuteronomy 27:16
"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Ephesians 6:2
"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),