Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
The commandment to honor your father and mother. Honor is not obeying someone into harm; no one is asked to accept abuse.
Ephesians 6:4
Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
A word to fathers: do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them with the Lord’s care and teaching.
KJVEphesians 6:4 in context
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
A letter about who we are in Christ and how that shapes our relationships.
Found in
Related verses
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Even if those closest to you let go, the Lord will take you up.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
A proverb about the lasting power of early training: wisdom about how life usually goes, not a guarantee about any one child.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
God places the lonely in families. If your own family has failed you, He makes room for you among His people.