5 And I honoured my mother and my mother's sister. (T12)
Testament of Judah 1:5
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Book of Jubilees 35:3–5
3 And thou too, mother, knowest from the time I was born until this day, all my deeds and all that is in my heart, that I always think good concerning all. (JUB) 4 And how should I not do this thing which thou hast commanded me, that I should honour my father and my bro… (JUB)
2 Baruch 54:9–11
9 For what am I amongst men, Or why am I reckoned amongst those who are more excellent than I, That I have heard all these marvelous things from the Most High, And numberless promises from Him who created me? (2BA) 10 Blessed be my mother among those that bear, And prais… (2BA)
Proverbs 4:2–4
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, 4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Testament of Issachar 2:11–13
11 If any man were in distress I joined my sighs with his, (T12) 12 And I shared my bread with the poor. (T12) 13 I wrought godliness, all my days I kept truth. (T12)
Sirach 3:3–5
3 He who honors his father will make atonement for sins. (WEB) 4 He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure. (WEB) 5 Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children. He will be heard in the day of his prayer. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 10:2–4
2 But he cried out and said, “Don’t you know that the father of those who are dead is my father also, and that the same mother bore me, and that I was brought up in the same way? (WEB) 3 I don’t renounce the noble relationship of my kindred. (WEB) 4 Now then, whatever instrument… (WEB)
Sirach 7:27–29
27 Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. (WEB) 28 Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? (WEB) 29 Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 12:16–18
16 Therefore,” he continued, “I myself, being about to die, (WEB) 17 will not forsake my kindred. (WEB) 18 I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race. (WEB)
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