(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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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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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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15 but (A)in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, (B)always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and (C)respect,

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that (A)you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and (B)that your days may be long.

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(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— 10 how on (D)the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, (E)‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, (F)so that they may learn to fear (G)me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’

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We will not (A)hide them from their children,
    but (B)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and (C)the wonders that he has done.

He established (D)a testimony in (E)Jacob
    and appointed a law in (F)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
that (G)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,

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29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (B)grace to those who hear.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known

22 (A)When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
    (B)when you lie down, they will (C)watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:22 Hebrew it; three times in this verse

26 And (A)when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, (B)‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people (C)bowed their heads and worshiped.

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45 (A)The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces (B)evil, (C)for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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I have told the glad news of deliverance[a]
    in (A)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (B)restrained my lips,
    (C)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10

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.’

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35 (A)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

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Let your speech always (A)be gracious, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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(A)The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    (B)not so the hearts of fools.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or the hearts of fools are not steadfast

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
    but fools die for (A)lack of sense.

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The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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nor do those who pass by say,
    (A)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
    We (B)bless you in the name of the Lord!”

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46 I will also speak of your testimonies (A)before kings
    and shall not be put to shame,

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11 Then all the people who were (A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, (B)who together (C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (D)Ephrathah and (E)be renowned in Bethlehem,

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30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
    and his tongue speaks justice.

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12 (A)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

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