2Honour thy father and mother;(which is the first commandment with promise;)
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. …
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular. I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord . The great duty of children is to obey their parents (Eph. 6:1), parents being the instruments of their being, God and nature having given them an authority to command, in subservienc…
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