Deuteronomy 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Bible References

Keep thy soul

“So pay attention and watch yourselves carefully—for you did not see any form [of God] on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire—

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

My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn;
Open your ears to my sayings.

So be careful how you listen; for whoever has [a teachable heart], to him more [understanding] will be given; and whoever does not have [a longing for truth], even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

how will we escape [the penalty] if we ignore such a great salvation [the gospel, the new covenant]? For it was spoken at first by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us and proved authentic by those who personally heard [Him speak],

You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed his faith through obedience].

Lest they

Any man who rebels against your command and does not obey everything that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”

Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.

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

He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].

For this reason [that is, because of God’s final revelation in His Son Jesus and because of Jesus’ superiority to the angels] we must pay much closer attention than ever to the things that we have heard, so that we do not [in any way] drift away from truth.

So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

Teach them

You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

You shall teach them [diligently] to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths], speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed and disclosed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may do all of the words of this law.

“Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.

For I have known (chosen, acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children and [the sons of] his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is righteous and just, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has promised him.”

You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

so that this may be a sign among you; when your children ask later, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.

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

“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

General references

You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

if only you will listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all these commandments which I am commanding you today.

You have ordained Your precepts,
That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.