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Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12 BSB
  1. a Cited in Matthew 15:4, Matthew 19:19, Mark 7:10, Luke 18:20, and Ephesians 6:2–3

Exodus 20:12 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 28 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 6:1–3 (75 votes) and Colossians 3:20 (64 votes). 47 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 9 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Exodus 20:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ephesians 6:1–375 votes

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), …

  2. Colossians 3:2064 votes

    Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

  3. Deuteronomy 5:1651 votes

    Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  4. Mark 7:1029 votes

    For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

  5. Proverbs 23:22–2527 votes

    Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. …

  6. Leviticus 19:324 votes

    Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  7. Proverbs 30:1722 votes

    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

  8. Proverbs 1:8–919 votes

    Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

  9. Exodus 21:1717 votes

    Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

  10. Proverbs 20:2017 votes

    Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

  11. Matthew 19:1917 votes
  12. Luke 18:2017 votes
  13. Exodus 21:1515 votes
  14. Mark 10:1915 votes
  15. Matthew 15:4–612 votes
  16. Deuteronomy 32:4711 votes
  17. Deuteronomy 4:4010 votes
  18. 2 Kings 2:1210 votes
  19. Proverbs 15:59 votes
  20. Leviticus 19:328 votes

Which verses point to Exodus 20:12?

The 10 strongest of 47.