Deuteronomy 6:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:14 : 14 And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones? 7 Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones? 22 Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land: 23 For the Lord your God dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which hee dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer, 24 That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lorde is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 6:21
    83%

    21Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

  • Exod 13:14
    82%

    14And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Exod 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24Therefore shall ye obserue this thing as an ordinance both for thee and thy sonnes for euer.

    25And when ye shall come into the land, which the Lord will giue you as hee hath promised, then ye shall keepe this seruice.

    26And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

    2That thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.

  • Exod 13:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8And thou shalt shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did vnto me, when I came out of Egypt.

    9And it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpo thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that the Lawe of the Lorde may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt.

  • Deut 6:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

    18And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, & that thou mayest go in, & possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

    19To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd.

  • Josh 4:6
    78%

    6That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.

    7And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

  • Deut 11:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them, whe thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.

    20And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates,

    21That your daies may be multiplied, and the daies of your children, in ye land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers to giue them, as long as the heauens are aboue the earth.

  • Josh 4:21
    76%

    21And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones?

  • Deut 4:14
    75%

    14And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances & lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

  • Deut 32:46
    74%

    46Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe.

  • Deut 4:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?

    9But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:

    10Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache their children:

  • Ps 78:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5How he established a testimonie in Iaakob, and ordeined a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers, that they shoulde teache their children:

    6That the posteritie might knowe it, and the children, which should be borne, should stand vp, and declare it to their children:

  • Exod 10:2
    74%

    2And that thou maist declare in the eares of thy sonne, & of thy sonnes sonne, what things I haue done in Egypt, and my miracles, which I haue done among them: that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde.

  • Deut 4:40
    74%

    40Thou shalt keepe therefore his ordinances, and his commaundements which I commaunde thee this day, that it may goe well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayst prolong thy dayes vpon the earth, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for euer.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

    28Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to vs or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lorde, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnesse betweene vs and you.

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

    13That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

  • Deut 4:5
    73%

    5Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Take heede, and heare all these woordes which I commaund thee, that it may goe well with thee, & with thy children after thee for euer, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.

  • Deut 26:16
    72%

    16This day the Lord thy God doeth command thee to do these ordinances, & lawes: keepe them therefore, & do them with al thine heart, and with all thy soule.

  • Deut 6:24
    72%

    24Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

  • Deut 5:16
    71%

    16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Deut 7:11
    71%

    11Keepe thou therefore the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commaund thee this day to doe them.

  • Deut 8:2
    71%

    2And thou shalt remember all ye way which the Lorde thy God led thee this fourtie yeere in the wildernesse, for to humble thee and to proue thee, to knowe what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keepe his commandements or no.

  • Exod 20:12
    71%

    12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Exod 13:11
    71%

    11And when the Lord shall bring thee into the lande of the Canaanites, as hee sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shall giue it thee,

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances.

  • Deut 32:7
    71%

    7Remember the dayes of olde: consider the yeeres of so many generations: aske thy father, and he will shewe thee: thine Elders, and they will tell thee.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and do his commandements and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day.

  • Deut 17:19
    71%

    19And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, & to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them:

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?

  • Deut 11:1
    71%

    1Therefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt keepe that, which he commandeth to be kept: that is, his ordinances, and his lawes, and his commandements alway.

  • Deut 30:16
    71%

    16In that I commaunde thee this day, to loue the Lorde thy God, to walke in his wayes, & to keepe his commaundements, and his ordinances, and his lawes, that thou mayest liue, and be multiplied, & that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13And that their children which haue not knowen it, may heare it, and learne to feare the Lorde your God, as long as ye liue in the lande, whither ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it.

  • Deut 17:9
    71%

    9And thou shalt come vnto the Priestes of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shall be in those daies, and aske, and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement,