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Exodus 20:12

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

Exodus 20:12, King James Version (KJV)

““Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.”

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Exodus 20 (KJV)

  1. 1And God spake all these words, saying,
  2. 2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  3. 3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
  4. 4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  5. 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
  6. 6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
  7. 7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  8. 8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  9. 9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
  10. 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
  11. 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
  12. 12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  13. 13Thou shalt not kill.
  14. 14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  15. 15Thou shalt not steal.
  16. 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  17. 17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
  18. 18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
  19. 19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
  20. 20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
  21. 21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
  22. 22And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
  23. 23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
  24. 24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
  25. 25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
  26. 26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Exodus 20:12, in the King James Version.

  • Ephesians 6:1–3

    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.

  • 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.

  • Mark 7:10

    For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

  • Proverbs 23:22–25

    Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. …

  • 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.

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