Psalms 34:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • 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.
  • Eccl 11:9-12:1 : 9 Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. 10 Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
  • Isa 28:9 : 9 Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!
  • Matt 18:2-4 : 2 He called a child, had him stand among them, 3 and said,“I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! 4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Mark 10:14-16 : 14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” 16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.
  • John 13:33 : 33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Prov 2:1-9 : 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself, 2 by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, 3 indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding– 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity, 8 to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.
  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
  • Ps 66:16 : 16 Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:10
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    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.”

  • Deut 31:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Gather the people– men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages– so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.

    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.”

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

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

    2Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

  • Ps 25:12
    76%

    12The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

  • Prov 14:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

    27The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

  • Ps 34:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Fear the LORD, you chosen people of his, for those who fear him lack nothing!

    10Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

  • Prov 7:24
    75%

    24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

  • Prov 8:32
    75%

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 111:10
    74%

    10To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

  • Prov 9:10
    74%

    10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

  • Ps 34:4
    73%

    4I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

  • Ps 2:11
    73%

    11Serve the LORD in fear! Repent in terror!

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Prov 5:7
    73%

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Ps 86:11
    73%

    11O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

  • Prov 2:5
    73%

    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

  • Prov 1:33
    73%

    33But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.

  • Ps 66:16
    72%

    16Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

  • Prov 15:33
    72%

    33The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 19:23
    72%

    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • Jer 13:15
    72%

    15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

  • Deut 5:29
    72%

    29If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.

  • Ps 33:8
    72%

    8Let the whole earth fear the LORD! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

  • Ps 112:1
    71%

    1Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

  • Isa 51:7
    71%

    7Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

  • Ps 115:13
    71%

    13He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old.

  • Jer 10:1
    71%

    1The Lord, not Idols, is the Only Worthy Object of Worship You people of Israel, listen to what the LORD has to say to you.

  • Ps 128:4
    71%

    4Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.

  • 1 Sam 12:24
    71%

    24However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

  • Ps 34:12
    71%

    12Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

  • Hos 11:10
    71%

    10God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

  • Ps 115:11
    71%

    11You loyal followers of the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their deliverer and protector.

  • Job 13:11
    70%

    11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • Ps 22:23
    70%

    23You loyal followers of the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!

  • Isa 11:3
    70%

    3He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

  • Isa 29:13
    70%

    13The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

  • Job 34:16
    70%

    16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Lev 19:3
    70%

    3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Prov 23:12
    70%

    12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Amos 3:1
    70%

    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:

  • Job 33:33
    70%

    33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

  • Eph 6:4
    70%

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Ps 25:14
    70%

    14The LORD’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.