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Deuteronomy 5:16

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.

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ASV

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כַּבֵּ֤דka.BedhonorH3513 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָבִ֙יךָ֙'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
אִמֶּ֔ךָ'i.Me.khamother yourH517 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
צִוְּךָ֖tzi.ve.Khahe has commanded youH6680 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
לְמַ֣עַן׀le.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ןya.'a.ri.Khunthey may be long !H748 →
יָמֶ֗יךָya.Mei.khadays yourH3117 →
וּלְמַ֙עַן֙u.le.Ma.'anand so thatH4616 →
יִ֣יטַבYi.tavit may go wellH3190 →
לָ֔ךְLakhfor you
עַ֚ל'alonH5921 →
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe landH127 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414 →
לָֽךְ׃ סLakhto you

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Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”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.Ephesians 6:1–3Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’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.Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”Mark 10:19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.Deuteronomy 6:2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.Jeremiah 35:18Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,Luke 18:20You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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