Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
- KJV Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- NKJV Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
- NASB Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
- NLT Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
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Quick answer
David, like a teacher, calls his hearers to learn the fear of the Lord.
Overview
Shifting to instruction, David invites his hearers as children to be taught the fear of the Lord. Reverence for God can and must be learned and passed on. This teaching role anticipates Christ, the true teacher who instructs his people in the way of God.
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Cross-references · 16
- Prov 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Ps 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Prov 2:1–9My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Ps 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Isa 28:9Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- Prov 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- Prov 7:24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
- Prov 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Matt 18:2–4Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.
- Ps 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Prov 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Prov 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Mark 10:14–16But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- 2 Tim 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
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