Ephesians 6:2
Ephesians chapter 6 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
KJV
King James Version · 1611Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 1:6
A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Jeremiah 35:18
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;
- Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
- Romans 13:7
Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.