Exodus 20:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 20:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. …
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Proverbs 23:22-25
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly called, the last six of the ten commandments, comprehending our duty to ourselves and to one another, and constituting a comment upon the second great commandment, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. As religion towards God is an essential branch of universal righteousness, so righteousness towards men is an essential branch of…