Leviticus 19:3

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Summary

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Fear

General references

Deuteronomy 27:16

Bible References

Fear

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

“He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction

And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

My son, observe the commandment of your father

And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

Listen to your father who begot you,

And do not despise your mother when she is old.

There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to

be put to death.’

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?

General references

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your God.

‘For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’