^{1 Ref} The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

^{2 Ref} honour thy father and mother,

^{3 Ref} which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

^{4 Ref} And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.