honoring thy mother and father
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12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. 2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: 3so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.
17The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.
16Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
19Honor your father and your mother. And, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise:
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
3so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.
4‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
10For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’
17Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.