Exodus 20:12 (quotation): The fifth commandment ('Honor your father and your mother') in the Decalogue provides the OT basis for the New Testament injunctions to children (Eph 6:1–3 allude to this law).
Deuteronomy 5:16 (quotation): The restatement of the fifth commandment in Deuteronomy echoes the same divine command to honor parents that undergirds the ethical expectation addressed to children in Ephesians.
Colossians 3:20 (verbal): A close NT parallel: 'Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord'—similar wording and the same ethical rationale for children's behavior.
Proverbs 1:8 (thematic): Wisdom literature urging children to heed parental instruction ('Hear, my son, your father's instruction') reflects the longstanding Israelite theme of children’s obedience to parents that Eph. 6:1 presumes.
Matthew 15:4 (quotation): Jesus cites the command to 'honor your father and mother' when critiquing Pharisaic practice, linking NT teaching about family duties back to the OT commandment appealed to in Ephesians.

2 “Honor your father and your mother”—

τιμα τον πατερα σου και την μητερα,ητις εστιν εντολη πρωτη εν επαγγελια,

Exodus 20:12 (quotation): Direct source of the command 'Honor your father and your mother' (the fifth commandment) and its promise of long life in the land.
Deuteronomy 5:16 (quotation): Restatement of the Ten Commandments that repeats the command and the accompanying promise, cited as the covenantal parallel to Exodus 20:12.
Mark 7:10 (verbal): Jesus cites Moses' command to honor parents (and the related sanction) when criticizing traditions that nullify God's command—appeals to the same authority behind Ephesians' injunction.
Matthew 15:4 (verbal): Parallel to Mark 7:10 where Jesus upholds God's command 'Honor your father and mother' against corrupting traditions, echoing the command's primacy.
Colossians 3:20 (thematic): Pauline household instruction commanding children to obey and honor parents; echoes Ephesians' ethical household teaching and the emphasis on proper familial relations.

3 this is the first commandment with a promise: that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.

ινα ευ σοι γενηται και εση μακροχρονιος επι της γης.

Exodus 20:12 (quotation): The promise in Eph 6:3 (“that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth”) is a direct citation of the fifth commandment in the Decalogue.
Deuteronomy 5:16 (quotation): Deuteronomy repeats the Decalogue’s promise of long life for honoring father and mother—the immediate OT source Paul echoes in Ephesians 6:3.
Matthew 15:4 (quotation): Jesus cites the commandment to ‘honor your father and mother’ (and its intent) when criticizing traditions that nullify it—showing the ongoing authority of the comandment Paul invokes.
Mark 7:10 (quotation): Parallel to Matthew 15:4: Jesus again appeals to the commandment and its purpose, underscoring the command’s moral force that Paul reiterates in the household code (Eph 6:1–3).
Colossians 3:20 (thematic): Paul’s instruction to children to obey their parents parallels Ephesians’ household ethic; though Colossians lacks the OT promise phrase, it echoes the same filial duty emphasized in Eph 6:3.

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Και οι πατερες,μη παροργιζετε τα τεκνα υμων,αλλα εκτρεφετε αυτα εν παιδεια και νουθεσια κυριου.

Colossians 3:21 (verbal): Same admonition to fathers — nearly identical wording not to provoke children; both warn against causing discouragement/anger.
Proverbs 22:6 (thematic): Instruction to 'train up a child' parallels the call to raise children in discipline and moral direction.
Proverbs 13:24 (thematic): Links loving parental discipline with child-rearing — parallels the emphasis on corrective discipline in upbringing.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (allusion): Commands parents to teach God's words to their children in daily life, resonating with 'instruction of the Lord' as the content/goal of upbringing.
1 Timothy 3:4-5 (structural): Expectation that a household leader manages and trains his children underscores parental responsibility and the proper exercise of family authority reflected in Ephesians 6:4.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

“Honor your father and your mother”—

this is the first commandment with a promise: that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.