Ephesians 6:2

Ephesians chapter 6 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Context

v.1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

v.2This passage

v.3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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.