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. Honor your father and your mother,God establishes reverence for parents as a basic duty within covenant life. Parents ordinarily serve as God’s appointed means of giving life, instruction, discipline, and spiritual formation. Israel’s households were central to the preservation of faith, history, and obedience from one generation to the next. Honor includes respectful speech, gratitude, care, and submission to godly parental authority, while never requiring disobedience to God. Lev 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father,…
Pro 6:20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,…
Pro 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,…
as the LORD your God has commanded you, Parental honor rests on the authority of the covenant God who redeemed Israel from Egypt and spoke at Sinai. Obedience was not merely a matter of social stability but faithfulness to the LORD. The command joins duties toward God with duties toward neighbor, showing that devotion to God must shape the closest human relationships. Exo 20:12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long…
Mat 15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’……
Mrk 7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’……
so that your days may be long God attaches a promise of enduring life to obedience. For Israel, long life was connected with remaining under God’s favor in the land promised to the fathers. Wisdom literature likewise links obedience, righteousness, and life, though the promise does not deny the reality of suffering or premature death in a fallen world. Eph 6:3 that it may go well with you and that you may have…
Pro 3:2 for they will add length to your days, years…
Exo 23:26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren;…
and that it may go well with you Honoring parents strengthens the household and guards the community from rebellion, disorder, and the loss of covenant instruction. God’s blessing includes the well-being of His people as they walk in His ways. Paul cites this command in Ephesians 6:2–3, identifying it as the first commandment with a promise and applying its moral obligation to Christian children. Deu 4:40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you…
Jer 7:23 Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people.…
Psa 128:2 For when you eat the fruit of your labor,…
in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. The promised land was God’s gift, not Israel’s achievement, and continued life there required covenant faithfulness. Family obedience contributed to the spiritual stability of the nation occupying God’s inheritance. The command also directs God’s people to recognize that faithfulness in ordinary household life belongs to wholehearted obedience before Him. Deu 11:31 For you are about to cross the Jordan…
Jos 1:11 Go through the camp and tell the people,…
Gen 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you…
Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe prophet and leader of the Israelites who delivered God's commandments to the people. 2. IsraelitesThe chosen people of God, receiving the Law as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 3. Mount SinaiThe place where God originally gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. 4. Promised LandThe land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 5. God (Yahweh)The covenant-keeping God who commands His people to honor their parents. Teaching Points The Importance of HonorHonoring parents is foundational to a godly life and reflects our respect for God's authority. Promise of BlessingThe commandment comes with a promise of well-being and longevity, showing God's desire for our flourishing. Cultural RelevanceIn a culture that often devalues family structures, this commandment calls Christians to uphold and respect family roles. Spiritual LegacyHonoring parents is part of passing down a spiritual legacy, teaching the next generation about God's faithfulness. Practical ObedienceThis commandment calls for practical expressions of respect, care, and obedience to parents. Bible Study Questions 1. How does honoring your parents reflect your relationship with God? 2. In what ways can you practically honor your parents in your current stage of life? 3. How does the promise attached to this commandment encourage you in your walk with God? 4. What challenges do you face in honoring your parents, and how can Scripture guide you in overcoming them? 5. How can the principles of this commandment be applied to other authority figures in your life? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 20:12This verse is the original giving of the commandment in the Ten Commandments, emphasizing the importance of honoring parents. Ephesians 6:1-3Paul reiterates this commandment in the New Testament, highlighting its significance for Christian families. Colossians 3:20This verse instructs children to obey their parents, linking obedience to pleasing the Lord. Proverbs 1:8-9These verses emphasize the wisdom and guidance that come from listening to one's parents. Matthew 15:4-6Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for neglecting this commandment, showing its enduring importance. People MosesPlaces Beth-baal-peor, Egypt, HorebTopics Commanded, Gives, Giveth, Giving, Ground, Honor, Honour, Ordered, ProlongedDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 5:16 4016 life, human
5053 responsibility, for world
5218 authority, in home
5361 justice, human
5504 rights
5665 children, attitudes to
5668 children, responsibilities to parents
5685 fathers, responsibilities
5719 mothers, responsibilities
5726 old age, attainment
5731 parents
5746 youth
7258 promised land, early history Deuteronomy 5:6-21 1443 revelation, OT
7263 theocracy
8412 decisions Deuteronomy 5:16-17 8471 respect, for human beings Deuteronomy 5:16-20 2333 Christ, attitude to OT Deuteronomy 5:16-21 8841 unfaithfulness, to people Library Prayer and Obedience
"An obedience discovered itself in Fletcher of Madeley, which I wish I could describe or imitate. It produced in him a ready mind to embrace every cross with alacrity and pleasure. He had a singular love for the lambs of the flock, and applied himself with the greatest diligence to their instruction, for which he had a peculiar gift. . . . All his intercourse with me was so mingled with prayer and praise, that every employment, and every meal was, as it were, perfumed therewith." -- JOHN WESLEY. …
Edward M. Bounds—The Necessity of PrayerThe Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 "They have Corrupted Themselves; their Spot is not the Spot of his Children; they are a Perverse and Crooked Generation. "
Deut. xxxii. 5.--"They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his children; they are a perverse and crooked generation." We doubt this people would take well with such a description of themselves as Moses gives. It might seem strange to us, that God should have chosen such a people out of all the nations of the earth, and they to be so rebellious and perverse, if our own experience did not teach us how free his choice is, and how long-suffering he is, and constant in his choice. …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord's Day.
Now the sanctifying of the Sabbath consists in two things--First, In resting from all servile and common business pertaining to our natural life; Secondly, In consecrating that rest wholly to the service of God, and the use of those holy means which belong to our spiritual life. For the First. 1. The servile and common works from which we are to cease are, generally, all civil works, from the least to the greatest (Exod. xxxi. 12, 13, 15, &c.) More particularly-- First, From all the works of our …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety The Everlasting Covenant of the Spirit
"They shall be My people, and l will be their God. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me."--JER. xxxii. 38, 40. "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye …
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants Jesus Fails to Attend the Third Passover.
Scribes Reproach Him for Disregarding Tradition. (Galilee, Probably Capernaum, Spring a.d. 29.) ^A Matt. XV. 1-20; ^B Mark VII. 1-23; ^D John VII. 1. ^d 1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him. [John told us in his last chapter that the passover was near at hand. He here makes a general statement which shows that Jesus did not attend this passover. The reason for his absence is given at John v. 18.] ^a 1 Then there …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Angel of the Lord in the Pentateuch, and the Book of Joshua.
The New Testament distinguishes between the hidden God and the revealed God--the Son or Logos--who is connected with the former by oneness of nature, and who from everlasting, and even at the creation itself, filled up the immeasurable distance between the Creator and the creation;--who has been the Mediator in all God's relations to the world;--who at all times, and even before He became man in Christ, has been the light of [Pg 116] the world,--and to whom, specially, was committed the direction …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Mount Zion.
"For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them: for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: but ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto …
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The Foundations of Good Citizenship.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.--Ex. 20:1-17. Parallel Readings. Hist. Bible I, 194-198. Prin. of Politics, Chap. II. Lowell, Essay on "Democracy." Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image. Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Honor thy father and thy mother. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou …
Charles Foster Kent—The Making of a Nation Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Deuteronomy 5:16 NIVDeuteronomy 5:16 NLTDeuteronomy 5:16 ESVDeuteronomy 5:16 NASBDeuteronomy 5:16 KJV
Deuteronomy 5:16 Commentaries
Bible Hub |
