Psalms 78:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • Ps 81:5 : 5 He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.
  • Ps 147:19 : 19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
  • Deut 4:45 : 45 These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
  • Ps 119:152 : 152 I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.
  • 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son. 10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son. 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
  • 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.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
  • Exod 25:16 : 16 Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
  • Exod 25:21 : 21 And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.
  • Exod 40:3 : 3 And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 78:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6So 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;

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

  • Ps 78:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

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

    4We 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 105:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

    9The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    10And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Joel 1:3
    76%

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

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    76%

    17And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Deut 32:46
    75%

    46Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

  • Ps 81:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

    5He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

  • Ps 147:19
    74%

    19He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

  • Deut 6:20
    74%

    20And 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?

  • 1 Chr 16:15
    73%

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

  • Deut 33:4
    73%

    4Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10That 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.

  • Ps 105:45
    73%

    45So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27But 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.

    28For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

  • 1 Chr 28:8
    72%

    8So now, before the eyes of all Israel, the people of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, keep and be true to the orders of the Lord your God; so that you may have this good land for yourselves and give it for a heritage to your children after you for ever.

  • Ps 89:30
    72%

    30If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

  • Gen 18:19
    71%

    19For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

  • Josh 4:6
    71%

    6So 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?

  • 1 Kgs 8:58
    71%

    58Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

  • Deut 4:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

    14And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

  • Ps 103:7
    71%

    7He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel.

  • Neh 9:14
    71%

    14And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

  • Deut 6:17
    71%

    17Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • Ps 132:12
    71%

    12If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

  • Mic 7:20
    71%

    20You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

  • Deut 4:44
    71%

    44This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:

  • Deut 31:13
    70%

    13And 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.

  • Deut 11:19
    70%

    19Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2And so that you may be able to give to your son and to your son's son the story of my wonders in Egypt, and the signs which I have done among them; so that you may see that I am the Lord.

  • Deut 5:2
    70%

    2The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.

  • Deut 6:7
    70%

    7Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

  • Ps 105:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

    6O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Deut 32:7
    70%

    7Keep 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.

  • Deut 33:10
    70%

    10They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

  • Josh 4:21
    70%

    21And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

  • Deut 4:5
    69%

    5I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

  • Deut 29:13
    69%

    13And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.