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Deuteronomy 4:1 (show verse)
"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the ordinances that I'm teaching you to observe so you may live and go in to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is about to give you.
Deuteronomy 4:2 (show verse)
Do not add or subtract a thing to what I'm commanding you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God.
Commandment » Not adding to or diminishing from the commandments of the lord
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
Deuteronomy 4:3 (show verse)
You saw with your own eyes what he did in Baal Peor. The LORD your God exterminated from among you every man who followed Baal of Peor.
Deuteronomy 4:4 (show verse)
But all of you who are clinging to the LORD your God are alive today.
Deuteronomy 4:5 (show verse)
See! I taught you the statutes and the ordinances, just as the LORD God commanded. Therefore, observe them when you enter the land you are about to possess.
Church of israel » Established by God
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Deuteronomy 4:6 (show verse)
Observe them carefully, because this will show your wisdom and discernment in the eyes of people who'll listen to all these decrees. Then they'll say: "Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people.'
Deuteronomy 4:7 (show verse)
For what great nation has a god so near like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?
Deuteronomy 4:8 (show verse)
And what great nation has all the decrees and righteous ordinances like all this teaching that I'm giving you today?
Deuteronomy 4:9 (show verse)
Only guard yourselves carefully so you won't forget the things that you saw and let them slip from your mind for the rest of your life. Tell them to your children and to your grandchildren.
Children » Instruction of
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Deuteronomy 4:10 (show verse)
The day you stood in the presence of the LORD your God in Horeb, the LORD told me, "Gather the people before me so they may hear my words, learn to revere me the whole time that they live in the land, and teach them to their children.'"
Children » Instruction of
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Deuteronomy 4:11 (show verse)
"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds
Deuteronomy 4:12 (show verse)
the LORD your God spoke from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you saw no form; there was only a voice.
Deuteronomy 4:13 (show verse)
He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to observe the Ten Commandments that he wrote on two stone tablets.
Church of israel » Established by God
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Deuteronomy 4:14 (show verse)
The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you to observe the statutes and ordinances in the land after you cross over to take possession of it.
Deuteronomy 4:15 (show verse)
"Therefore, for your own sake, be very careful, since you did not see any form on the day that the LORD your God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 4:16 (show verse)
Be careful! Otherwise, you will be destroyed when you make carved images for yourself all sorts of images in the form of man, woman,
Deuteronomy 4:17 (show verse)
any animal on earth, any winged bird that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:18 (show verse)
any creeping thing on the ground, or any fish in the sea.
Deuteronomy 4:19 (show verse)
Do not gaze toward the heavens and observe the sun, the moon, the stars the entire array of the sky with the intent to worship and serve what the LORD your God gave every nation.
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Deuteronomy 4:20 (show verse)
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace out of Egypt to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.
Deuteronomy 4:21 (show verse)
"But the LORD was angry with me because of you. So he swore that I'll never cross the Jordan River to enter the good land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance.
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:22 (show verse)
I'm going to die in this land and I won't cross the Jordan River, but you're about to cross over to possess that good land.
Deuteronomy 4:23 (show verse)
Be careful! Otherwise, you will forget the covenant of the LORD your God, who established that covenant with you. Don't make carved images of any likeness in violation of everything that you were commanded by the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 4:24 (show verse)
Indeed, the LORD your God is a consuming fire. He is a jealous God."
Deuteronomy 4:25 (show verse)
"After you've borne children and grandchildren, have been there for a long time in the land, have become so corrupted that you make images of any form, and have done evil in the eyes of the LORD your God, you will provoke him to anger.
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:26 (show verse)
Heaven and earth will testify against what has occurred today: you'll surely and swiftly be destroyed from the land that you are about to possess by crossing the Jordan River. You won't live long in it, because you'll certainly be exterminated.
Deuteronomy 4:27 (show verse)
Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among the nations, and you'll be fewer in number in the nations where the LORD your God will drive you.
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:28 (show verse)
There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Deuteronomy 4:29 (show verse)
If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30 (show verse)
In your distress, when all these things happen to you in days to come and you return to the LORD your God, then you will hear his voice.
Deuteronomy 4:31 (show verse)
For God is compassionate. The LORD your God won't fail you. He won't destroy you or forget the covenant that he confirmed with your ancestors."
Deuteronomy 4:32 (show verse)
"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?
Deuteronomy 4:33 (show verse)
Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of a fire just as you did, and survived it?
Deuteronomy 4:34 (show verse)
Or has any god ever taken for himself one nation out from another nation with testings, signs, wonders, wars, awesome power, and magnificent, terrifying deeds as the LORD your God did in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 4:35 (show verse)
"You have been shown this in order to know that "the LORD is God' and there is no one like him.
Deuteronomy 4:36 (show verse)
You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed. And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire.
Deuteronomy 4:37 (show verse)
Moreover, he loved your ancestors, chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt, accompanied by his presence and great power,
Deuteronomy 4:38 (show verse)
in order to drive out nations that are stronger and more powerful than you, to bring you into this land, and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.
Deuteronomy 4:39 (show verse)
"May you acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in the heavens above and over the earth below there is no other God.
Deuteronomy 4:40 (show verse)
May you observe his statutes and keep his commands that I'm giving you today, so that life may go well for you and for your descendants after you. That way, you'll live a long life in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you permanently."
Children » Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
Deuteronomy 4:41 (show verse)
Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan,
Deuteronomy 4:42 (show verse)
where a person who accidentally killed someone could flee, if he killed his neighbor without having enmity toward him in the past. He may flee to one of these cities and live:
Deuteronomy 4:43 (show verse)
Bezer in the desert plain for the descendants of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead for the descendants of Gad, and Golan in Bashan for the descendants of Manasseh.
Bezer » A city » A city of refuge, east of the jordan
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Deuteronomy 4:44 (show verse)
This is the Law that Moses reviewed in the presence of the Israelis.
Deuteronomy 4:45 (show verse)
These are the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that Moses declared to the Israelis when they came out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:46 (show verse)
He did this east of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and whom Moses and the Israelis defeated after leaving Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:47 (show verse)
So they took possession of his land, as well as the land of King Og of Bashan. Both Amorite kings lived east of the Jordan
Deuteronomy 4:48 (show verse)
from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon as far as Mount Sirion, which is also called Hermon,
Deuteronomy 4:49 (show verse)
and all the Arabah east of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
Ashdoth-pisgah » The water courses flowing from mount pisgah
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead