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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Exodus 20:12

Honour. Love, respect, feed, if requisite; support the infirmities of parents. See Numbers xxiv. 1; 1 Timothy v. 3, 17. They are ministers of God in the production of children; and those who offer an affront to his minister, irritate God. (Philo) --- Land of Chanaan. The promises are of a temporal nature; but they should bring to our reflection the eternal rewards which attend the virtuous. The duties of parents are not specified, as nature would shew their extent, and as the obligations of parents and children are reciprocal. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT Against _disrespect_ and _disobedience_ to _parents_. Verse Exodus 20:12. _HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER_] There is a degree of affectionate respect which is owing to paren...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED _ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_ 2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18) This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First orally here,...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE COMMANDMENTS. -- Exodus 20:12-21. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself._ -- Matthew 22:39. TIME. --Pentecost, in the year B. C. 1491. PLACE. --At the foot...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The _fifth_commandment. Honour to be paid to parents. Cf. in H Leviticus 19:3. The position accorded to parents is a high one: they are mentioned in the first table of the Decalogue, and duty towards...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER— This is the _first_ commandment of the second table, and therefore called by St. Paul _the first with promise,_ Ephesians 6:2. A promise, which, in the letter and its...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER: THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE._ Honour thy father and thy mother - by expressions of respect and reverence for them, as...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is the 'first commandment with promise' (Ephesians 6:2). The promise has been understood by some as applying to the nation as a whole. Undoubtedly the nation takes its character from the home, an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת ־אָבִ֖יךָ וְ אֶת ־אִמֶּ֑ךָ לְמַ֨

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Honour thy (h) father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (h) By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is the fifth commandment: and the first of the second table of the law concerning our duty to our neighbour. The apostle calls this the first commandment with promise. Ephesians 6:2....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    I am not ignorant that the Tables of the Law are usually divided in a different manner; (1) for those, who make only one of the first two Commandments, are obliged finally to mangle the last. Thus the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatrie is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the Altar should be. 1 AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 [NOTE: Deut...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMMANDMENTS CONCERNING THE LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW. Every necessary preparation had now been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified themselves." A wholesome dread of "breaking" through the fe...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    honour Exodus 21:15 Exodus 21:17 Leviticus 19:3 Leviticus 19:32 1 K

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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