Psalms 78:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:18 : 18 The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD.
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!
  • Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.
  • Deut 4:10 : 10 You 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.”
  • Josh 22:24-25 : 24 We 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? 25 The LORD made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the LORD.’ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the LORD.
  • Esth 9:28 : 28 These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants.
  • Ps 22:31 : 31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.
  • Ps 48:13 : 13 Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!
  • 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.
  • Ps 90:16 : 16 May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:3-5
    3 verses
    87%

    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,

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

  • Ps 78:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • 13 Then 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
    2 verses
    75%

    9 Reminder 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.

    10 You 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.”

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

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

  • 20 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?”

  • Ps 22:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

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

    31 They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.

  • 27 but 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.’

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

  • 18 The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD.

  • 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.”

  • 7 Remember 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.

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

  • 10 That 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.

  • 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.

  • 12 so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

  • 2 Bear 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.

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

  • 19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”

  • 2 and 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.

  • 8 Now 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.

  • 30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

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

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

  • 19 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.

  • 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.

  • 22 The 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.

  • 12 If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

  • 16 May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

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

  • 40 Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

  • 8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the LORD’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

  • 6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

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

  • 3 “that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

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

  • 7 You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,

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

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