The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 20:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The commandment with promise.

I. THE DUTY IMPOSED.

1. Its reasonableness. Reverent, loving subjection to parents is obedience to the deepest instincts of the heart.

2. Its pleasantness. This subjection is rest and joy: it is ceasing from doubt and inner conflict; it lets into the spirit the sunshine of a parent's loving approbation.

II. THE PROMISE: "That thy days," etc. Obedience to parents is the condition of national prosperity.

1. It is respect for law and loyal acceptance of the teachings of the past.

2. It is denial of the spirit of self will and self pleasing.

3. It guards youth from excess and vice.

4. It prepares for the understanding of and submission to the will of God.

5. It lays broad and deep in the nation's life the foundations of industry and strength and of moral, as well as material, greatness.—U.

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