Deuteronomy 4:9
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9 (A)“Only take care, and (B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—
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Deuteronomy 6:7
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7 (A)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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Deuteronomy 11:19
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19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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Psalm 78:3-8
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3 things that we have heard and known,
that our (A)fathers have told us.
4 We will not (B)hide them from their children,
but (C)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and (D)the wonders that he has done.
5 He established (E)a testimony in (F)Jacob
and appointed a law in (G)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that (H)the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (I)the works of God,
but (J)keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be (K)like their fathers,
(L)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (M)whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known
Deuteronomy 32:46
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46 he said to them, (A)“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, (B)that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.
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Ephesians 6:4
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4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
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29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Exodus 13:8-9
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8 (A)You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 And it shall (B)be to you as a sign on your hand and as (C)a memorial (D)between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
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Proverbs 4:20-23
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20 (A)My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (B)Let them not escape from your sight;
(C)keep them within your heart.
22 For they are (D)life to those who find them,
and healing to all their[a] flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for (E)from it flow (F)the springs of life.
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- Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
Proverbs 4:1-13
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A Father's Wise Instruction
4 (A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
2 for I give you good (C)precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
(D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
(H)keep my commandments, and live.
5 (I)Get wisdom; get (J)insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
(K)love her, and she will guard you.
7 (L)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get (M)insight.
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will (N)honor you (O)if you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (P)a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
10 (Q)Hear, (R)my son, and accept my words,
that (S)the years of your life may be many.
11 I have (T)taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, (U)your step will not be hampered,
and (V)if you run, you will not stumble.
13 (W)Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your (X)life.
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- Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know
Proverbs 23:26
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26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
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- Proverbs 23:26 Or delight in
Proverbs 3:1-3
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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
3 (A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
(B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for (C)length of days and years of life
and (D)peace they will add to you.
3 Let not (E)steadfast love and (F)faithfulness forsake you;
(G)bind them around your neck;
(H)write them on the tablet of your heart.
Revelation 3:3
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3 (A)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (B)I will come (C)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
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Proverbs 1:8
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The Enticement of Sinners
8 (A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
Psalm 71:18
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18 So even to (A)old age and gray hairs,
O God, (B)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Hebrews 2:1
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Warning Against Neglecting Salvation
2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
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Proverbs 3:21
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21 My son, (A)do not lose sight of these—
keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Joshua 4:6-7
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6 that this may be a sign among you. (A)When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall tell them that (B)the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel (C)a memorial forever.”
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Psalm 34:11-16
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11 (A)Come, O children, listen to me;
(B)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 (C)What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may (D)see good?
13 (E)Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from (F)speaking deceit.
14 (G)Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and (H)pursue it.
15 (I)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
(J)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (K)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to (L)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalm 119:11
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11 I have (A)stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Joshua 4:21
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21 And he said to the people of Israel, (A)“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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Proverbs 7:1
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Warning Against the Adulteress
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Exodus 13:14-16
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14 (A)And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, (B)‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of (C)slavery. 15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the (D)Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but (E)all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 (F)It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for (G)by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
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