Deuteronomy 6:20

World English Bible (2000)

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?"

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:14 : 14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?' 7 then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.'"
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?' 22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over; 24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.'"
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 6:21
    83%

    21 then you shall tell your son, "We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

  • Exod 13:14
    82%

    14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  • Exod 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.

    25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

    26 It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

  • Deut 6:1-2
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    79%

    1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

    2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

  • Exod 13:8-9
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    8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'

    9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

  • Deut 6:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

    18 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

    19 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

  • Josh 4:6
    78%

    6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
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    6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;

    7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Deut 11:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19 You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

    20 You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates;

    21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

  • Josh 4:21
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    21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

  • Deut 4:14
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    14 Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

  • Deut 32:46
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    46 He said to them, "Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.

  • Deut 4:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8 What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

    9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;

    10 the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, "Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children."

  • Ps 78:5-6
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    5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

    6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

  • Exod 10:2
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    2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh."

  • Deut 4:40
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    40 You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;' that your children may not tell our children in time to come, 'You have no portion in Yahweh.'

    28 "Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

    13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?

  • Deut 4:5
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    5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 26:16
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    16 This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

  • Deut 6:24
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    24 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

  • Deut 5:16
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    16 "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

  • Deut 7:11
    71%

    11 You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • Deut 8:2
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    2 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

  • Exod 20:12
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    12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

  • Exod 13:11
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    11 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,

  • Deut 16:12
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    12 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

  • Deut 32:7
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    7 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Deut 27:10
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    10 You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day."

  • Deut 17:19
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    19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

  • Josh 22:24
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    24 "If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?

  • Deut 11:1
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    1 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.

  • Deut 30:16
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    16 in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it."

  • Deut 17:9
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    9 and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.