Deuteronomy 6:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?

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  • Exod 13:14 : 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? 7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be a memorial to the children of Israel forever.
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? 22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we had crossed over, 24 That all the people of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that you may fear the LORD your God forever.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 6:21
    83%

    21Then you shall say to your son, We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

  • Exod 13:14
    82%

    14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

  • Exod 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.

    25And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service.

    26And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land you are going to possess:

    2That you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your grandson, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

  • Exod 13:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.

    9And it shall be for a sign to you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

  • Deut 6:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

    18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

    19To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

  • Josh 4:6
    78%

    6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:

    7And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Deut 11:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

    20And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house, and upon your gates:

    21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

  • Josh 4:21
    76%

    21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

  • Deut 4:14
    75%

    14And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Deut 32:46
    74%

    46And he said to them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

  • Deut 4:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

    9Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons;

    10Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Ps 78:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5For 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:

    6That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  • Exod 10:2
    74%

    2And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 4:40
    74%

    40You shall therefore keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, forever.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD.

    28Therefore we said that it shall be, when they should say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness between us and you.

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

    13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?

  • Deut 4:5
    73%

    5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 26:16
    72%

    16This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

  • Deut 6:24
    72%

    24And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is to this day.

  • Deut 5:16
    71%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Deut 7:11
    71%

    11Therefore you shall keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • Deut 8:2
    71%

    2And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

  • Exod 20:12
    71%

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

  • Exod 13:11
    71%

    11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

  • Deut 32:7
    71%

    7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command you today.

  • Deut 17:19
    71%

    19And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Deut 11:1
    71%

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

  • Deut 30:16
    71%

    16In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it.

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13And that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it.

  • Deut 17:9
    71%

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.