For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
Proverbs 4:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised he taught me and said, ‘Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: Keep my commandments, and live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He taught me and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live. [I Chron. 28:9; Eph. 6:4.] American Standard Version (1901) And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; Common English Bible he taught me and said to me: “Let your heart hold on to my words: Keep my commands and live. Catholic Public Domain Version And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live. |
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.
Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.
My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands;
Keep my commands and live, and guard my instructions as you would the pupil of your eye.
Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David. ,
‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live.
I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
‘Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also.
and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
Then Manoah asked, ‘When your words come true, what will be the boy’s responsibilities and work? ’