Verse 1
We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 13:14-15 : 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; 15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
- Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. 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,
- Ps 42:1 : 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
- Ps 71:18 : 18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Ps 77:5 : 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- Exod 12:24-27 : 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?' 27 that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
- Ps 105:1-2 : 1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
- Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
- Num 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon, 15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab." 16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
- Num 21:27-30 : 27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; 28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
- Deut 6:20 : 20 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?"
- Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."
- Job 8:8-9 : 8 "Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
- Job 15:17-19 : 17 "I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare: 18 (Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it; 19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
- Ps 22:31 : 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.