Deuteronomy 6:7

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and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

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  • Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
  • Exod 12:26-27 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’– 27 then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,
  • Deut 4:9-9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant 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. 10 You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.
  • Exod 13:14-15 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
  • Ps 40:9-9 : 9 I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true. 10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.
  • Ps 78:4-6 : 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
  • Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.
  • Ps 129:8 : 8 Those who pass by will not say,“May you experience the LORD’s blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the LORD.
  • Prov 6:22 : 22 When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those who respected the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the LORD and honored his name.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

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    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

    19Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

    20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

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  • Josh 1:8
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  • Josh 4:6
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  • Exod 13:14
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