Deuteronomy 6:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge 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 about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Job 8:10

Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.

Psalm 119:46

I will also speak of your decrees before kings and shall not be put to shame;

Psalm 129:8

while those who pass by do not say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

Psalm 37:30

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.

Psalm 71:17

O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living, they thank you, as I do this day; fathers make known to children your faithfulness.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 6:4

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

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6:2

so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you,

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!”

Ruth 2:4

Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.”

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;