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.
KJV
Honora patrem tuum et matrem, sicut præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, ut longo vivas tempore, et bene sit tibi in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi.
Vulgate
Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ θεός σου, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιοι ἦτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἧς Κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι.
LXX
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.
ASV
כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ וְ/אֶת אִמֶּ֔/ךָ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּ/ךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ לְמַ֣עַן יַאֲרִיכֻ֣/ן יָמֶ֗י/ךָ וּ/לְמַ֨עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔/ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
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Matt 15:4 · exact_quote"For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."Deuteronomy: honor your father and mother — Jesus confronts tradition
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…
§2200Observing the fourth commandment brings its reward: "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you."8 Respecting this commandment provides, along with spiritual fruits, temporal fruits of peace and prosperity. Conversely, failure to observe it brings great harm to communities and to individuals.
Q. What does the Lord say in his law? A. God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:14 — And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
- Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
- Deut 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon
- Deut 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon
- Deut 5:29 — O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
- Deut 11:9 — And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 30:20 — That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land wh
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Eph 6:3 — That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Jer 7:23 — But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
- Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Jer 35:18 — And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
- Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
- Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
- Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
- Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Matt 19:18 — He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
- Matt 19:19 — Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matt 19:19 — Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Rom 13:9 — For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly compr