Psalms 78:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 48:8 : 8 We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure.(Selah)
  • Exod 12:26-27 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’– 27 then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,
  • Exod 13:8 : 8 You are to tell your son on that day,‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
  • Exod 13:14-15 : 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. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:4-8
    5 verses
    83%

    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.

    7Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

    8Then 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 44:1
    83%

    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.

  • Job 15:18
    78%

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

  • Joel 1:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    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?

    3Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.

  • Deut 32:7
    73%

    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.

  • Lam 5:7
    72%

    7Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

  • Ps 78:2
    71%

    2I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

  • 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.

  • Job 15:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

    10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

  • 1 John 1:3
    70%

    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • Ps 106:6
    70%

    6We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

  • Ps 71:17
    70%

    17O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

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

  • Acts 13:32
    70%

    32And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

  • Ps 22:4
    69%

    4In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    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.”’

  • John 3:11
    69%

    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • Deut 11:2
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 145:4
    69%

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

  • Jer 14:20
    69%

    20LORD, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

  • Ps 48:8
    68%

    8We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure.(Selah)

  • Job 8:8
    68%

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

  • Isa 38:19
    68%

    19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

  • Exod 10:2
    68%

    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.”

  • Ps 126:3
    68%

    3The LORD did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.

  • Acts 4:20
    68%

    20for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

  • Deut 31:13
    68%

    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.”

  • 1 John 3:19
    68%

    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

  • Ps 105:8
    68%

    8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

  • Prov 1:8
    68%

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

  • Job 5:27
    68%

    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • Josh 22:24
    68%

    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 4:10
    68%

    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 79:13
    68%

    13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.

  • Deut 29:29
    68%

    29Secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.

  • Jer 3:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

    25Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.’

  • Isa 63:16
    68%

    16For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

  • Judg 2:10
    67%

    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.

  • Heb 1:1
    67%

    1¶ Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

  • 1 John 3:1
    67%

    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

  • Heb 3:9
    67%

    9“There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.