Genesis 18:19

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Genesis 18:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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.”

20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

21 I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

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John 10:14

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John 21:17

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Genesis 17:23

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Genesis 17:24

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

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and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

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Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

Genesis 17:27

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Deuteronomy 4:9

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Deuteronomy 4:10

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.”

Deuteronomy 6:6

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

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

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Deuteronomy 11:20

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

Deuteronomy 11:21

so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

Joshua 24:15

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Job 1:5

And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

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

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Proverbs 6:21

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Proverbs 6:22

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Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Ephesians 6:4

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1 Timothy 3:4

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2 Timothy 1:5

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