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 this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 25:15
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 28:7
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
Genesis 50:12
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)