Deuteronomy 33:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.

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  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
  • Exod 32:25-29 : 25 And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
  • Lev 10:6 : 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.
  • Lev 21:11 : 11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
  • Job 37:24 : 24 Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Mal 2:5-7 : 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 12:48 : 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 10 They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

  • 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

  • 8 And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

  • 20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • 34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.

  • Ps 105:8-9
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    8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

    9 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

  • 11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • Gen 44:27-28
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    27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

    28 and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:

  • 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

  • 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

  • Mark 7:10-12
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    10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

    11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ;

    12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

  • 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

  • 9 Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

  • 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • 16 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

  • 28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

  • Deut 32:5-6
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    5 They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

    6 Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

  • 14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

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    19 And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

    20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

  • 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

  • 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

  • 2 except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

  • 17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

  • 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

  • Ps 78:5-6
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    5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

    6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,

  • 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;

  • 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

  • 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

  • 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • 2 And know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,

  • 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

  • 33 And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?

  • 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

  • 10 They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

  • 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

  • 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  • 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

  • 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.