Deuteronomy 6:5-9

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⁵Love^(A) the Lord your God with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^(C) ⁶These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.^(D) ⁷Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.^(E) ⁸Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.^(F) ⁹Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.^(G)

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Proverbs 6:20-23

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Warning Against Adultery

²⁰My son,^(A) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(B)
²¹Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.^(C)
²²When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
²³For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,^(D)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,^(E)

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1 Timothy 4:7-9

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⁷Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales;^(A) rather, train yourself to be godly.^(B) ⁸For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things,^(C) holding promise for both the present life^(D) and the life to come.^(E) ⁹This is a trustworthy saying^(F) that deserves full acceptance.