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.
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keep thy soul

Deuteronomy 4:15, 23
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 . . .

Proverbs 3:1, 3
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; . . .

Proverbs 4:20-23
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. . . .

Luke 8:18
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

Hebrews 2:3
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

James 2:22
You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

lest they

Joshua 1:18
Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!"

Psalm 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Proverbs 3:1-3, 21
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; . . .

Proverbs 4:4
he taught me and said, "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commandments and you will live.

Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

teach them

Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

Genesis 18:19
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 doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."

Exodus 13:8, 9, 14-16
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.' . . .

Joshua 4:6, 7, 21
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?' . . .

Psalm 34:11-16
Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. . . .

Psalm 71:18
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 all who are to come.

Psalm 78:3-8
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. . . .

Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 4:1-13
Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention and gain understanding. . . .

Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Isaiah 38:19
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

King James Bible
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

International Standard Version
Only guard yourselves carefully so you won't forget the things that you saw and let them slip from your mind for the rest of your life. Tell them to your children and to your grandchildren.

NET Bible
Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
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