Verse 9
Only take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} to thyself, and keep{H8104}{(H8798)} thy soul{H5315} diligently{H3966}, lest thou forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the things{H1697} which thine eyes{H5869} have seen{H7200}{(H8804)}, and lest they depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from thy heart{H3824} all the days{H3117} of thy life{H2416}: but teach{H3045}{(H8689)} them thy sons{H1121}, and thy sons{H1121}' sons{H1121};
Referenced Verses
- Deut 6:7 : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently{H8150}{(H8765)} unto thy children{H1121}, and shalt talk{H1696}{(H8765)} of them when thou sittest{H3427}{(H8800)} in thine house{H1004}, and when thou walkest{H3212}{(H8800)} by the way{H1870}, and when thou liest down{H7901}{(H8800)}, and when thou risest up{H6965}{(H8800)}.
- Deut 11:19 : 19 And ye shall teach{H3925}{(H8765)} them your children{H1121}, speaking{H1696}{(H8763)} of them when thou sittest{H3427}{(H8800)} in thine house{H1004}, and when thou walkest{H3212}{(H8800)} by the way{H1870}, when thou liest{H7901}{(H8800)} down, and when thou risest up{H6965}{(H8800)}.
- Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} him, that{H834} he will command{H6680}{(H8762)} his children{H1121} and his household{H1004} after him{H310}, and they shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} the way{H1870} of the LORD{H3068}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} justice{H6666} and judgment{H4941}; that the LORD{H3068} may bring{H935}{(H8687)} upon Abraham{H85} that which he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} of him.
- Deut 32:46 : 46 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Set{H7760}{(H8798)} your hearts{H3824} unto all the words{H1697} which I testify{H5749}{(H8688)} among you this day{H3117}, which ye shall command{H6680}{(H8762)} your children{H1121} to observe{H8104}{(H8800)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}, all the words{H1697} of this law{H8451}.
- Eph 6:4 : 4 And{G2532}, ye fathers{G3962}, provoke{G3949} not{G3361} your{G5216} children{G5043} to wrath{G3949}{(G5720)}: but{G235} bring{G1625} them{G846} up{G1625}{(G5720)} in{G1722} the nurture{G3809} and{G2532} admonition{G3559} of the Lord{G2962}.
- Prov 4:20-23 : 20 My son{H1121}, attend{H7181}{(H8685)} to my words{H1697}; incline{H5186}{(H8685)} thine ear{H241} unto my sayings{H561}. 21 Let them not depart{H3868}{(H8686)} from thine eyes{H5869}; keep{H8104}{(H8798)} them in the midst{H8432} of thine heart{H3824}. 22 For they are life{H2416} unto those that find{H4672}{(H8802)} them, and health{H4832} to all their flesh{H1320}. 23 Keep{H5341}{(H8798)} thy heart{H3820} with all diligence{H4929}; for out of it are the issues{H8444} of life{H2416}.
- Ps 78:3-8 : 3 Which we have heard{H8085}{H8804)} and known{H3045}{H8799)}, and our fathers{H1} have told{H5608}{H8765)} us. 4 We will not hide{H3582}{H8762)} them from their children{H1121}, shewing{H5608}{H8764)} to the generation{H1755} to come{H314} the praises{H8416} of the LORD{H3068}, and his strength{H5807}, and his wonderful works{H6381}{H8737)} that he hath done{H6213}{H8804)}. 5 For he established{H6965}{H8686)} a testimony{H5715} in Jacob{H3290}, and appointed{H7760}{H8804)} a law{H8451} in Israel{H3478}, which he commanded{H6680}{H8765)} our fathers{H1}, that they should make them known{H3045}{H8687)} to their children{H1121}: 6 That the generation{H1755} to come{H314} might know{H3045}{H8799)} them, even the children{H1121} which should be born{H3205}{H8735)}; who should arise{H6965}{H8799)} and declare{H5608}{H8762)} them to their children{H1121}: 7 That they might set{H7760}{H8799)} their hope{H3689} in God{H430}, and not forget{H7911}{H8799)} the works{H4611} of God{H410}, but keep{H5341}{H8799)} his commandments{H4687}: 8 And might not be as their fathers{H1}, a stubborn{H5637}{H8802)} and rebellious{H4784}{H8802)} generation{H1755}; a generation{H1755} that set{H3559} not their heart{H3820} aright{H3559}{H8689)}, and whose spirit{H7307} was not stedfast{H539}{H8738)} with God{H410}.
- Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret{H5641}{(H8737)} things belong unto the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: but those things which are revealed{H1540}{(H8737)} belong unto us and to our children{H1121} for{H5704} ever{H5769}, that we may do{H6213}{(H8800)} all the words{H1697} of this law{H8451}.
- Exod 13:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt shew{H5046}{(H8689)} thy son{H1121} in that day{H3117}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, This is done because of{H5668} that{H2088} which the LORD{H3068} did{H6213}{(H8804)} unto me when I came forth{H3318}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}. 9 And it shall be for a sign{H226} unto thee upon thine hand{H3027}, and for a memorial{H2146} between thine eyes{H5869}, that the LORD'S{H3068} law{H8451} may be in thy mouth{H6310}: for with a strong{H2389} hand{H3027} hath the LORD{H3068} brought thee out{H3318}{(H8689)} of Egypt{H4714}.
- Prov 23:26 : 26 My son{H1121}, give{H5414}{(H8798)} me thine heart{H3820}, and let thine eyes{H5869} observe{H7521}{(H8799)}{H5341}{(H8799)} my ways{H1870}.
- Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, ye children{H1121}, the instruction{H4148} of a father{H1}, and attend{H7181}{(H8685)} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} understanding{H998}. 2 For I give{H5414}{(H8804)} you good{H2896} doctrine{H3948}, forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} ye not my law{H8451}. 3 For I was my father's{H1} son{H1121}, tender{H7390} and only{H3173} beloved in the sight{H6440} of my mother{H517}. 4 He taught{H3384}{(H8686)} me also, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Let thine heart{H3820} retain{H8551}{(H8799)} my words{H1697}: keep{H8104}{(H8798)} my commandments{H4687}, and live{H2421}{(H8798)}. 5 Get{H7069}{(H8798)} wisdom{H2451}, get{H7069}{(H8798)} understanding{H998}: forget{H7911}{(H8799)} it not; neither decline{H5186}{(H8799)} from the words{H561} of my mouth{H6310}. 6 Forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} her not, and she shall preserve{H8104}{(H8799)} thee: love{H157}{(H8798)} her, and she shall keep{H5341}{(H8799)} thee. 7 Wisdom{H2451} is the principal thing{H7225}; therefore get{H7069}{(H8798)} wisdom{H2451}: and with all thy getting{H7075} get understanding{H998}. 8 Exalt{H5549}{(H8769)} her, and she shall promote{H7311}{(H8787)} thee: she shall bring thee to honour{H3513}{(H8762)}, when thou dost embrace{H2263}{(H8762)} her. 9 She shall give{H5414}{(H8799)} to thine head{H7218} an ornament{H3880} of grace{H2580}: a crown{H5850} of glory{H8597} shall she deliver{H4042}{(H8762)} to thee. 10 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O my son{H1121}, and receive{H3947}{(H8798)} my sayings{H561}; and the years{H8141} of thy life{H2416} shall be many{H7235}{(H8799)}. 11 I have taught{H3384}{(H8689)} thee in the way{H1870} of wisdom{H2451}; I have led{H1869}{(H8689)} thee in right{H3476} paths{H4570}. 12 When thou goest{H3212}{(H8800)}, thy steps{H6806} shall not be straitened{H3334}{(H8799)}; and when thou runnest{H7323}{(H8799)}, thou shalt not stumble{H3782}{(H8735)}. 13 Take fast hold{H2388}{(H8685)} of instruction{H4148}; let her not go{H7503}{(H8686)}: keep{H5341}{(H8798)} her; for she is thy life{H2416}.
- Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember{G3421}{(G5720)} therefore{G3767} how{G4459} thou hast received{G2983}{(G5758)} and{G2532} heard{G191}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} hold fast{G5083}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} repent{G3340}{(G5657)}. If{G3362} therefore{G3767} thou shalt{G1127} not{G3362} watch{G1127}{(G5661)}, I will come{G2240}{(G5692)} on{G1909} thee{G4571} as{G5613} a thief{G2812}, and{G2532} thou shalt{G1097} not{G3364} know{G1097}{(G5632)} what{G4169} hour{G5610} I will come{G2240}{(G5692)} upon{G1909} thee{G4571}.
- Prov 3:1-3 : 1 My son{H1121}, forget{H7911}{(H8799)} not my law{H8451}; but let thine heart{H3820} keep{H5341}{(H8799)} my commandments{H4687}: 2 For length{H753} of days{H3117}, and long{H8141} life{H2416}, and peace{H7965}, shall they add{H3254}{(H8686)} to thee. 3 Let not mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} thee: bind{H7194}{(H8798)} them about thy neck{H1621}; write{H3789}{(H8798)} them upon the table{H3871} of thine heart{H3820}:
- Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word{H565} have I hid{H6845}{(H8804)} in mine heart{H3820}, that I might not sin{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee.
- Josh 4:21 : 21 And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When your children{H1121} shall ask{H7592}{(H8799)} their fathers{H1} in time to come{H4279}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What mean these stones{H68}?
- Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when{H5704} I am old{H2209} and grayheaded{H7872}, O God{H430}, forsake{H5800}{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H5046}{H8686)} thy strength{H2220} unto this generation{H1755}, and thy power{H1369} to every one that is to come{H935}{H8799)}.
- Exod 13:14-16 : 14 And it shall be when thy son{H1121} asketh{H7592}{(H8799)} thee in time to come{H4279}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What is this? that thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto him, By strength{H2392} of hand{H3027} the LORD{H3068} brought us out{H3318}{(H8689)} from Egypt{H4714}, from the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650}: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh{H6547} would hardly{H7185}{(H8689)} let us go{H7971}{(H8763)}, that the LORD{H3068} slew{H2026}{(H8799)} all the firstborn{H1060} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, both the firstborn{H1060} of man{H120}, and the firstborn{H1060} of beast{H929}: therefore I sacrifice{H2076}{(H8802)} to the LORD{H3068} all that openeth{H6363} the matrix{H7358}, being males{H2145}; but all the firstborn{H1060} of my children{H1121} I redeem{H6299}{(H8799)}. 16 And it shall be for a token{H226} upon thine hand{H3027}, and for frontlets{H2903} between thine eyes{H5869}: for by strength{H2392} of hand{H3027} the LORD{H3068} brought us forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714}.
- Josh 4:6-7 : 6 That this may be a sign{H226} among{H7130} you, that when your children{H1121} ask{H7592}{(H8799)} their fathers in time to come{H4279}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What mean ye by these stones{H68}? 7 Then ye shall answer{H559}{(H8804)} them, That the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}; when it passed over{H5674}{(H8800)} Jordan{H3383}, the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772}{(H8738)}: and these stones{H68} shall be for a memorial{H2146} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever{H5769}.
- Prov 3:21 : 21 My son{H1121}, let not them depart{H3868}{(H8799)} from thine eyes{H5869}: keep{H5341}{(H8798)} sound wisdom{H8454} and discretion{H4209}:
- Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore{G1223}{G5124} we{G2248} ought{G1163}{(G5748)} to give the more earnest{G4056} heed{G4337}{(G5721)} to the things which we have heard{G191}{(G5685)}, lest at any time{G3379} we should let them slip{G3901}{(G5632)}.
- Prov 1:8 : 8 My son{H1121}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the instruction{H4148} of thy father{H1}, and forsake{H5203}{(H8799)} not the law{H8451} of thy mother{H517}:
- Ps 34:11-16 : 11 Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, ye children{H1121}, hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto me: I will teach{H3925}{(H8762)} you the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068}. 12 What man{H376} is he that desireth{H2655} life{H2416}, and loveth{H157}{(H8802)} many days{H3117}, that he may see{H7200}{(H8800)} good{H2896}? 13 Keep{H5341}{(H8798)} thy tongue{H3956} from evil{H7451}, and thy lips{H8193} from speaking{H1696}{(H8763)} guile{H4820}. 14 Depart{H5493}{(H8798)} from evil{H7451}, and do{H6213}{(H8798)} good{H2896}; seek{H1245}{(H8761)} peace{H7965}, and pursue{H7291}{(H8798)} it. 15 The eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} are upon the righteous{H6662}, and his ears{H241} are open unto their cry{H7775}. 16 The face{H6440} of the LORD{H3068} is against them that do{H6213}{(H8802)} evil{H7451}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} the remembrance{H2143} of them from the earth{H776}.
- Deut 31:19 : 19 Now therefore write{H3789}{(H8798)} ye this song{H7892} for you, and teach{H3925}{(H8761)} it the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: put{H7760}{(H8798)} it in their mouths{H6310}, that this song{H7892} may be a witness{H5707} for me against the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
- Prov 7:1 : 1 My son{H1121}, keep{H8104}{(H8798)} my words{H561}, and lay up{H6845}{(H8799)} my commandments{H4687} with thee.
- Deut 4:15 : 15 Take ye therefore good{H3966} heed{H8104}{(H8738)} unto yourselves{H5315}; for ye saw{H7200}{(H8804)} no manner of similitude{H8544} on the day{H3117} that the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8763)} unto you in Horeb{H2722} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire{H784}:
- Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} unto yourselves, lest ye forget{H7911}{(H8799)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, which he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with you, and make{H6213}{(H8804)} you a graven image{H6459}, or the likeness{H8544} of any{H3605} thing, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath forbidden{H6680}{(H8765)} thee.
- Josh 1:18 : 18 Whosoever{H376} he be that doth rebel{H4784}{(H8686)} against thy commandment{H6310}, and will not hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto thy words{H1697} in all that thou commandest{H6680}{(H8762)} him, he shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}: only be strong{H2388}{(H8798)} and of a good courage{H553}{(H8798)}.
- Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed{G991}{(G5720)} therefore{G3767} how{G4459} ye hear{G191}{(G5719)}: for{G1063} whosoever{G3739}{G302} hath{G2192}{(G5725)}, to him{G846} shall be given{G1325}{(G5701)}; and{G2532} whosoever{G3739}{G302} hath{G2192}{(G5725)} not{G3361}, from{G575} him{G846} shall be taken{G142}{(G5701)} even{G2532} that which{G3739} he seemeth{G1380}{(G5719)} to have{G2192}{(G5721)}.
- Jas 2:22 : 22 Seest thou{G991}{(G5719)} how{G3754} faith{G4102} wrought{G4903}{(G5707)} with his{G846} works{G2041}, and{G2532} by{G1537} works{G2041} was{G5048} faith{G4102} made perfect{G5048}{(G5681)}?
- Heb 2:3 : 3 How{G4459} shall we{G2249} escape{G1628}{(G5695)}, if we neglect{G272}{(G5660)} so great{G5082} salvation{G4991}; which{G3748} at the first{G746} began{G2983}{(G5631)} to be spoken{G2980}{(G5745)} by{G1223} the Lord{G2962}, and was confirmed{G950}{(G5681)} unto{G1519} us{G2248} by{G5259} them that heard{G191}{(G5660)} him;
- Isa 38:19 : 19 The living{H2416}, the living{H2416}, he shall praise{H3034}{(H8686)} thee, as I do this day{H3117}: the father{H1} to the children{H1121} shall make known{H3045}{(H8686)} thy truth{H571}.