Fifth Commandment

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Cross-references Parent Topic Ten Commandments Related Topics b Links to Additional Materials Authority - Leading and Serving

You must honor parental authority.

• We must honor all legitimate authority, beginning at home.
• By implication, authority must not mistreat those under authority.
• As with the other commands, this command represents an entire "category" of attitudes and actions.

The "exception" to the command: When a human authority gives a command that goes against God's authority, the human authority is to be disobeyed, and God obeyed. This is called Civil Disobedience.

Exodus 20	Deuteronomy 5
Exo 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother,	Deu 5:16 "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you;
that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.	that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Scripture Pages that Link to Here

Exodus 20:1-21

The original giving of the commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Restatement of the commands, just before entering the Promised Land.

Exodus 21:12-36

Attacking or cursing one's parents is a sin worthy of death.

Leviticus 19 (selected verses)

Reverent respect for the old.

Ecclesiastes 8:1-8

These verses focus on the need to obey authority. This is directly related to the Fifth Commandment.

Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.