Psalms 111:4

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Psalms 111:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

3 Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.

4 He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

5 He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

6 He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

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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.

Exodus 12:26

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

Exodus 12:27

you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

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.’

Deuteronomy 4:9

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.

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.

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 31:21

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Deuteronomy 31:22

So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 31:23

Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

Deuteronomy 31:25

he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

Deuteronomy 31:30

Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

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?’

Joshua 4:22

you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

Joshua 4:23

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

Joshua 4:24

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

1 Corinthians 11:24

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Psalms 86:5

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Psalms 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalms 103:8

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Exodus 34:6

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Exodus 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Isaiah 63:7

I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Romans 5:20

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:8

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Psalms 78:38

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Psalms 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalms 145:8

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.