that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
- KJV That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- NKJV That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;
- NASB So that they would put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But comply with His commandments,
- NLT So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.
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Quick answer
The goal is that they would set their hope in God, not forget His deeds, but keep His commandments.
Overview
This verse states the threefold aim of all this teaching: confident hope in God, remembrance of His works, and obedience to His commands. Knowledge of God's acts is meant to produce living faith and faithful living. This holistic goal of head, heart, and hands marks true discipleship in every generation.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Rev 14:12Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- 1 Jn 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- John 14:21–24Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Jer 17:7–8But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- 1 Jn 3:22–24and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- Ps 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
- Ps 130:6–7My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- Ps 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
- Deut 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Ps 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- Deut 8:11Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
- Ps 77:10–12So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Ps 105:5Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- Deut 6:12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deut 7:18–19But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
- Esth 9:27–28the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
- 1 Cor 11:24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Exod 12:24–27And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
- Ps 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- Ps 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- 1 Pet 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
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