Psalm 78:5
For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],
Psalm 81:5
He established it for a testimony in
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,
Psalm 147:19
He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:45
these are the testimonies (legal provisions) and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
Ephesians 6:4
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.
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your
Psalm 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Isaiah 8:20
[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Romans 3:2
Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very
Genesis 18:19
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.”
Exodus 25:16
You shall put into the ark the Testimony (Ten Commandments) which I will give you.
Exodus 25:21
You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.
Exodus 40:3
You shall place the ark of the Testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark [from the Holy Place of God’s Presence] with the veil (partition curtain).
Exodus 40:20
He took the Testimony [the stones inscribed with the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark [of the covenant], and placed the poles [through the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.
Deuteronomy 11:19
You shall teach them [diligently] to your
Psalm 78:3-4
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
Psalm 119:152
Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.
Isaiah 38:19
“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
1 John 5:9-12
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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For he
Testimony
That they
General references
Bible References
For he
He established it for a testimony in
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,
Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.
He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Testimony
That they
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
General references
Tell your children about it,
And let your children tell their children,
And their children the next generation.