Deuteronomy 4:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

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  • Deut 6:7 : 7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'
  • Deut 32:46 : 46 and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
  • Prov 4:20-23 : 20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. 23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.
  • Ps 78:3-8 : 3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. 4 We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. 5 And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. 6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons, 7 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands. 8 And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God `is' its spirit.
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 `The things hidden `are' to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed `are' to us and to our sons -- to the age, to do all the words of this law.
  • Exod 13:8-9 : 8 `And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, ``It is' because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt, 9 and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
  • Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. 2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. 3 For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother. 4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. 7 The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee. 11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. 12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 `Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.
  • Prov 3:1-3 : 1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, 2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee. 3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
  • Josh 4:21 : 21 And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones?
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
  • Exod 13:14-16 : 14 `And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What `is' this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants; 15 yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who `are' males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom; 16 and it hath been for a token on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.'
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones to you? 7 that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.'
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
  • Ps 34:11-16 : 11 Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. 12 Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit. 14 Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it. 15 The eyes of Jehovah `are' unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry. 16 (The face of Jehovah `is' on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)
  • Deut 31:19 : 19 `And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
  • Deut 4:15 : 15 and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 `Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:
  • Josh 1:18 : 18 Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'
  • Luke 8:18 : 18 `See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'
  • Jas 2:22 : 22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

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