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Deuteronomy 5:16
Deuteronomy 5:16 is verse 16 of Deuteronomy chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Cited in Matthew 15:4, Matthew 19:19, Mark 7:10, Luke 18:20, and Ephesians 6:2–3
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Deuteronomy 5:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
17 You shall not murder.
18 You shall not commit adultery.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Matthew 15:5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
Matthew 15:6he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:2“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”