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Exodus 20:12 (KJV)

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

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Genesis 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis 50:12 - And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
Exodus 21:15 - And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Exodus 21:17 - And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 19:3 - Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:32 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
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 4:40 - Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 5:16 - Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 21:18 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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.
Ruth 3:6 - And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
1 Samuel 22:3 - And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
1 Kings 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
2 Kings 2:12 - And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Proverbs 1:8 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 3:16 - Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs 15:5 - A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 20:20 - Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs 23:22 - Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:24 - Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
Proverbs 30:11 - [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Proverbs 30:17 - The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Malachi 1:6 - A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Matthew 15:4 - ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›
Matthew 19:19 - ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
Mark 7:10 - ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›
Mark 10:19 - ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.›
Luke 18:20 - ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.›
Ephesians 5:21 - Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians 6:1 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:20 - Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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