Deuteronomy 6:20

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Exhortation to Remember the Past When your children ask you later on,“What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?”

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:14 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’–
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’ 7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’ 22 explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 24 He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD’s power and so you might always obey the LORD your God.”
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 6:21
    83%

    21you must say to them,“We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

  • Exod 13:14
    82%

    14In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.

  • Exod 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.

    25When you enter the land that the LORD will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony.

    26When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’–

  • Deut 6:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

    2and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.

  • Exod 13:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8You are to tell your son on that day,‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

    9It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial 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%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

    19and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.

  • Josh 4:6
    78%

    6The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

    7and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

  • Deut 11:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

    20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

    21so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

  • Josh 4:21
    76%

    21He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’

  • Deut 4:14
    75%

    14Moreover, at that same time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

  • Deut 32:46
    74%

    46he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

  • Deut 4:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

    9Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

    10You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”

  • Ps 78:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

    6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

  • Exod 10:2
    74%

    2and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord.”

  • Deut 4:40
    74%

    40Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘You have no right to worship the LORD.’

    28We said,‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

    13and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?

  • Deut 4:5
    73%

    5Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 26:16
    72%

    16Narrative Interlude Today the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

  • Deut 6:24
    72%

    24The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

  • Deut 5:16
    71%

    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Deut 7:11
    71%

    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

  • Deut 8:2
    71%

    2Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

  • Exod 20:12
    71%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Exod 13:11
    71%

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

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

  • Deut 32:7
    71%

    7Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

  • Deut 17:19
    71%

    19It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Deut 11:1
    71%

    1Reiteration of the Call to Obedience You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

  • Deut 30:16
    71%

    16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the LORD your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

  • Deut 17:9
    71%

    9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.