Joel 1:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Ps 78:3-8 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 7 Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands. 8 Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
  • Exod 10:1-2 : 1 The Eighth Blow: Locusts The LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him, 2 and 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.”
  • 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.
  • 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 4:21-22 : 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.’
  • Ps 44:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us–

    4we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

    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.

  • Joel 1:2
    82%

    2A Locust Plague Foreshadows the Day of the Lord Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors?

  • Joel 1:4
    78%

    4What the gazam-locust left the‘arbeh-locust consumed, what the‘arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!

  • Deut 32:7
    78%

    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 31:13
    76%

    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 4:9-10
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    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.”

  • Prov 17:6
    75%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Deut 11:19
    74%

    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.

  • Josh 22:27
    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.’

  • Ps 145:4
    72%

    4One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!

  • Jer 2:9
    72%

    9The Lord Charges Contemporary Israel with Spiritual Adultery“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the LORD.“I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.

  • Exod 10:2
    72%

    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 11:2
    72%

    2Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the LORD your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.

  • Deut 29:22
    72%

    22The generation to come– your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who will come from distant places– will see the afflictions of that land and the illnesses that the LORD has brought on it.

  • Josh 4:6
    71%

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

  • Ps 44:1
    71%

    1For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

  • Eccl 1:4
    71%

    4A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

  • Ps 48:13
    71%

    13Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

  • Deut 6:7
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 45:16
    71%

    16Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

  • Amos 3:1
    71%

    1Every Effect has its Cause Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:

  • 1 Chr 16:15
    71%

    15Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

  • Judg 2:10
    71%

    10That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the LORD’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

  • Job 8:8
    71%

    8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

  • Deut 6:20
    70%

    20Exhortation 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?”

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Ps 22:30
    70%

    30A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.

  • Ps 128:6
    70%

    6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

  • Job 15:18
    70%

    18what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

  • Jer 31:29
    70%

    29The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah“When that time comes, people will no longer say,‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’

  • Deut 23:8
    70%

    8Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

  • Deut 6:2
    70%

    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.

  • Deut 11:21
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 71:18
    70%

    18Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

  • Exod 13:14
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Isa 1:2
    70%

    2Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

  • Isa 30:8
    69%

    8Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.

  • Josh 22:24
    69%

    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?

  • Mal 4:6
    69%

    6He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”