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Is “Honor your father and your mother” in the Bible?
Yes. “Honor your father and your mother” is in the Bible, at Exodus 20:12. God says it at Mount Sinai. It is one of the Ten Commandments.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It is in the Bible.
The verse is Exodus 20:12.
God says it at Mount Sinai. It is one of the Ten Commandments.
The verse
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12 · open the chapter →
What it means there
It comes with a promise: a long life in the land. Paul repeats it to children and calls it the first commandment with a promise (Ephesians 6:1-3).
Also in the Bible
Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, so that you may live long and so that it may go well with you in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:16 · open the chapter →
“Honor your father and mother”—the first commandment that comes with a promise—
Ephesians 6:2 · open the chapter →
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Is “Honor your father and your mother” in the Bible?
Yes. “Honor your father and your mother” is in the Bible, at Exodus 20:12. These exact words are in 3 verses of the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. God says it at Mount Sinai. It is one of the Ten Commandments.
Where in the Bible is “Honor your father and your mother”?
In Exodus 20:12, and also Deuteronomy 5:16 and Ephesians 6:2. In the Lumin Translation, Exodus 20:12 reads: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.”
Who said “Honor your father and your mother”?
God says it at Mount Sinai. It is one of the Ten Commandments.
What does “Honor your father and your mother” mean in the Bible?
It comes with a promise: a long life in the land. Paul repeats it to children and calls it the first commandment with a promise (Ephesians 6:1-3).
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