Deuteronomy 4:9

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Deuteronomy 4:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

10 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

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Deuteronomy 4:15

So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

Deuteronomy 4:23

Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 3:3

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 4:20

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21

Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Luke 8:18

Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

James 2:22

You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

Joshua 1:18

Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”

Psalms 119:11

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Proverbs 3:2

for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Revelation 3:3

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 31:19

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

Exodus 13:8

And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Exodus 13:9

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 13:14

In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 13:15

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

Exodus 13:16

So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

Joshua 4:6

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Joshua 4:7

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

Psalms 34:11

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalms 34:12

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Psalms 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Psalms 34:14

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 34:15

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

Psalms 34:16

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Psalms 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalms 78:3

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.

Psalms 78:5

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Psalms 78:6

that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

Psalms 78:7

that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

Psalms 78:8

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:2

For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Proverbs 4:9

She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Proverbs 4:11

I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Isaiah 38:19

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.