Deuteronomy 32:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 44:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.
  • Ps 119:52 : 52 I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,
  • Exod 13:14 : 14 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:
  • Deut 4:32 : 32 Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) 10 Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
  • Ps 77:5-6 : 5 My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone. 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.
  • Ps 77:11-12 : 11 I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past. 12 I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.
  • Ps 77:8 : 8 Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?
  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.
  • Judg 6:13 : 13 Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 32:6
    80%

    6 Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

  • Job 8:8
    78%

    8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

  • Joel 1:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

    3 Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to another generation.

  • Deut 4:32
    75%

    32 Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

  • Ps 44:1
    75%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

  • Deut 4:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

    10 That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.

  • Job 15:10
    73%

    10 With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

  • Ps 78:3
    73%

    3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

  • Ps 78:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

    6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

    7 So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

  • Deut 32:18
    72%

    18 You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Job 32:7
    72%

    7 I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

  • Ps 77:5
    72%

    5 My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

  • Jer 3:4
    71%

    4 Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

  • Deut 6:20
    71%

    20 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

  • Eccl 7:10
    71%

    10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Eccl 12:1
    71%

    1 Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Exod 32:13
    71%

    13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

  • Isa 46:8
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    8 Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.

  • Deut 11:2
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    2 And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,

  • 2 Chr 30:7
    70%

    7 Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

  • Lev 19:32
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    32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 12:7
    70%

    7 Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

  • 1 Chr 16:15
    70%

    15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

  • Num 32:8
    70%

    8 So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

  • Prov 22:28
    69%

    28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

  • Deut 8:5
    69%

    5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

  • Prov 4:1
    69%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Josh 4:6
    69%

    6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

  • Deut 31:13
    69%

    13 And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

  • Ps 71:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

    18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

  • Job 15:18
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    18 (The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

  • Job 12:12
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    12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Deut 11:21
    69%

    21 So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

  • Prov 22:6
    69%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Deut 1:31
    69%

    31 And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

  • Deut 8:2
    68%

    2 And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

  • Exod 13:14
    68%

    14 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:

  • Ps 25:6
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    6 O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

  • Josh 22:27
    68%

    27 But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    68%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Ps 77:11
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    11 I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.