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Desmond Dekker - Honour Your Father And Mother


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Honour your mother and your father
That your days may be long on the land
Exodus 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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.
Children obey your parents in the Lord Ephesians 6:1 - 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.
This is the law and the prophets Matthew 7:12 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Honour your mother and your father
That your days may be long on the land
Children obey your parents in the Lord
This is the law and the prophets
 
Love your parents as how you love yourself Leviticus 19:18 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Matthew 19:19 - Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:39 - And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 12:31 - And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Luke 10:27 - And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Do unto others as they would do to you Matthew 7:12 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Luke 6:31 - And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Honour your mother and your father
That your days may be long on the land
Children obey your parents in the Lord
This is the law and the prophets

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Love your parents as how you love yourself
Do onto others as they would do to you

Honour your mother and your father
That your days may be long, on the land
Children obey your parents in the Lord
This is the law and the prophets
 



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