Deuteronomy 4:9

Only 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.

Cross References (31)

  • Deuteronomy 6:7 (230)

    And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the

  • Deuteronomy 11:19 (183)

    Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie dow

  • Psalms 78:3–8 (162)

    that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

  • Genesis 18:19 (119)

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by d

  • Deuteronomy 32:46 (102)

    he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your chi

  • Ephesians 6:4 (85)

    Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 29:29 (73)

    The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that

  • Exodus 13:8–9 (73)

    And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

  • Proverbs 4:20–23 (70)

    My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Proverbs 4:1–13 (55)

    Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

  • Proverbs 23:26 (54)

    My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

  • Proverbs 3:1–3 (51)

    My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

  • Revelation 3:3 (51)

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, a

  • Proverbs 1:8 (47)

    Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

  • Psalms 71:18 (45)

    Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to

  • Hebrews 2:1 (41)

    We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

  • Proverbs 3:21 (39)

    My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

  • Joshua 4:6–7 (39)

    to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  • Psalms 34:11–16 (37)

    Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Psalms 119:11 (33)

    I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

  • Joshua 4:21 (30)

    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these

  • Exodus 13:14–16 (29)

    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought

  • Proverbs 7:1 (29)

    My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

  • Hebrews 2:3 (25)

    how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed

  • Isaiah 38:19 (24)

    The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

  • Deuteronomy 4:23 (24)

    Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yours

  • James 2:22 (23)

    You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

  • Deuteronomy 31:19 (23)

    Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may b

  • Deuteronomy 4:15 (21)

    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

  • Joshua 1:18 (21)

    Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above

  • Luke 8:18 (21)

    Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thi