Q. #53 – What is the fifth commandment? Answer – The fifth commandment is, `Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you…’ – Deuteronomy 5:16. Q. #47 – What does the fifth commandment teach us? Answer – To love, obey, and respect our parents. Proof – Colossians 3:20 … “Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.”