Deuteronomy 4:9

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Summary

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Keep thy soul

Lest they

Revelation 3:3

Teach them

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Bible References

Keep thy soul

and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

'See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

Lest they

Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

'Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Teach them

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

The things hidden are to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed are to us and to our sons -- to the age, to do all the words of this law.

'And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, 'It is because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,

so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you?

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

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And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, 'It is because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,