Deuteronomy 31:13

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“Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.””

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Read Deuteronomy 31:13 in the flow of Deuteronomy31 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Deuteronomy31 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 31:13 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  2. Deuteronomy 11:2Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
  3. Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
  4. Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
  5. Psalms 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
  6. Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  7. Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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