Deuteronomy 4:9

Israel must guard their souls, not forget what they saw, and teach it to their children. It stresses remembrance and passing on the faith.

Cross-references · 31

• Deut 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Deut 11:19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Ps 78:3–8Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
• Gen 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Deut 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
• Eph 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
• Exod 13:8–9And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
• Deut 29:29The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Prov 4:20–23My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
• Prov 4:1–13Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
• Prov 23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
• Rev 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
• Prov 3:1–3My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Prov 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• Ps 71:18Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
• Heb 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Prov 3:21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
• Josh 4:6–7That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
• Ps 34:11–16Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Ps 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Josh 4:21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
• Exod 13:14–16And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
• Prov 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
• Heb 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Deut 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
• Isa 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
• Jas 2:22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
• Deut 31:19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
• Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
• Deut 4:15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
• Josh 1:18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

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