Deuteronomy 4:9

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"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;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Only

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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to

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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and

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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thy

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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בִּלְתִּי

biltîy

H1115

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...

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thou

שָׁכַח

shâkach

H7911

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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the

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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which thine

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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have

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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and

בִּלְתִּי

biltîy

H1115

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...

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they

סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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from thy

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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all the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of thy

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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but

לָמַד

lâmad

H3925

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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them thy

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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and thy

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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Key Terms in This Verse

diligently H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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forget H7911

שָׁכַח shâkach

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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heed H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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teach H3925

לָמַד lâmad

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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depart H5493

סוּר çûwr

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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thyself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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lest H1115

בִּלְתִּי biltîy

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.

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lest H1115

בִּלְתִּי biltîy

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.

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seen H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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keep H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:7 cross-reference

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deuteronomy 11:19 cross-reference

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Genesis 18:19 cross-reference

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h...

Deuteronomy 32:46 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Ephesians 6:4 cross-reference

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 29:29 cross-reference

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Proverbs 23:26 cross-reference

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Revelation 3:3 cross-reference

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th...

Proverbs 1:8 cross-reference

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Psalm 71:18 cross-reference

Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Hebrews 2:1 cross-reference

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Proverbs 3:21 cross-reference

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Psalm 119:11 cross-reference

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Joshua 4:21 cross-reference

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

Proverbs 7:1 cross-reference

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Hebrews 2:3 cross-reference

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Isaiah 38:19 cross-reference

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Deuteronomy 4:23 cross-reference

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden th...

James 2:22 cross-reference

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

Deuteronomy 31:19 cross-reference

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:15 cross-reference

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

Joshua 1:18 cross-reference

Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Luke 8:18 cross-reference

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

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