Genesis 18:19

Modern English Version

I chose him, and he will instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He promised him.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you, and in you all families of the earth will be blessed.”

Genesis 17:9

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Genesis 22:18

Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and I have not become guilty against my God.

2 Samuel 7:20

“What more can David say to You? You know Your servant, Lord God.

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your fathers and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing spirit, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will abandon you forever.

2 Chronicles 14:3

He took down the foreign altars and high places, and he shattered the pillars and cut down the images of Asherah.

Nehemiah 9:7

“You are the Lord God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans. You gave him the name Abraham

Job 1:5

Now when the days of feasting had run their course, Job sent and sanctified them. He would rise up early in the morning, and he would offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, because Job said: “It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job would do always.

Psalm 1:6

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in His holy temple, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyes examine mankind.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Isaiah 38:19

It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do this day; a father explains to his sons about Your faithfulness.

Leviticus 14:42

And they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and shall plaster the house.

Amos 3:2

You alone have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Matthew 25:17

So also, he who had received two gained another two.

John 10:14

“I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and am known by My own.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved, because He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Lord, You know everything. You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these sailors remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe, all the words of this law.

1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own houses well.

2 Timothy 1:5

remembering the genuine faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and that I am persuaded lives in you also.

2 Timothy 2:19

But the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

2 Timothy 3:15

and that since childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites’ land where you are now living. Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Judges 13:12

Then Manoah said, “Now may your words come true! What will be the boy’s way of life and his work?”