Deuteronomy 4:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So keep them and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Common English Bible

⁶ Keep them faithfully because that will show your wisdom and insight to the nations who will hear about all these regulations. They will say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and insightful people!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: 'Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation.

Deuteronomy 4:6 Cross References

1 Kings 4:34

And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do thereafter: His praise endureth for ever.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalm 19:8

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Proverbs 1:4

To give subtilty to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

Proverbs 1:5

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalteth a nation: But sin is a reproach to any people.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: But the folly of fools is deceit.

Isaiah 42:21

It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Ezekiel 5:5

Thus saith the Lord GOD This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

Daniel 1:20

And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.

Daniel 4:9

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

Hosea 8:12

Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.

Malachi 3:12

And all nations shall call you happy: for ye shall he a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

Deuteronomy 29:9

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Deuteronomy 32:46

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

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.