And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ... "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Obey is to hearken, to listen to, to look up to, to follow, to observe my parents in all things. And it means that I am to teach my children to do likewise. For it is in the doing and observing that I learn to honor and respect others, this is where You teach me the fundamentals of relationships. This is the laboratory where I learn to trust and to be trustworthy, and where I learn to keep my word and expect others to do likewise. This is the nucleus of society called family.
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