Deuteronomy 6:20

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In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'

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  • Exod 13:14 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 you shall tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it crossed the Jordan. The waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the Israelites forever.’”
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 You are to let your children know: 'Israel crossed the Jordan here on dry ground.' 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea when He dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 6:21
    83%

    21You shall say to your son: 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.'

  • Exod 13:14
    82%

    14In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Exod 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24You shall observe this event as a statute for you and your children forever.

    25When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ceremony.

    26When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

    2So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.

  • Exod 13:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8On that day, you are to tell your son, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

    9And it shall be for you a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

  • Deut 6:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

    18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well with you, and you may go in and possess the good land the LORD promised to your ancestors.

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Josh 4:6
    78%

    6This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart.

    7Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Deut 11:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    20Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

    21so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

  • Josh 4:21
    76%

    21He said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’

  • Deut 4:14
    75%

    14The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would observe them in the land you are crossing over to possess.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

  • Deut 32:46
    74%

    46he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

  • Deut 4:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8And what great nation has righteous statutes and judgments like this entire law that I am setting before you today?

    9Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

    10Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'

  • Ps 78:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He established a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

    6so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,

  • Exod 10:2
    74%

    2And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 4:40
    74%

    40Keep His statutes and commandments that I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

    28And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD, which our ancestors built—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

    13and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good?

  • Deut 4:5
    73%

    5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may act according to them in the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Be careful to obey all these words I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 26:16
    72%

    16Today the LORD your God commands you to follow these statutes and judgments; therefore, you must be careful to keep them with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deut 6:24
    72%

    24The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God for our own good always, so that He might preserve our lives, as it is today.

  • Deut 5:16
    71%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 7:11
    71%

    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

  • Deut 8:2
    71%

    2Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

  • Exod 20:12
    71%

    12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Exod 13:11
    71%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.

  • Deut 32:7
    71%

    7Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10Obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Deut 17:19
    71%

    19It shall remain with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes to follow them.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’

  • Deut 11:1
    71%

    1You shall love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments.

  • Deut 30:16
    71%

    16For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13And their children, who do not know it yet, will hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

  • Deut 17:9
    71%

    9Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict.