申命记 4:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“你只要自己謹慎，又要謹守你的心思，免得你忘了你親眼看見的事，又免得這些事在你有生之日離開你的心；總要把這些事傳給你的子子孫孫，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 只 要 谨 慎 ， 殷 勤 保 守 你 的 心 灵 ， 免 得 忘 记 你 亲 眼 所 看 见 的 事 ， 又 免 得 你 一 生 这 事 离 开 你 的 心 ； 总 要 传 给 你 的 子 子 孙 孙 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Now, Israel, listen to the laws and commands I will teach you. Obey them so that you will live and so that you will go over and take the land the Lord , the God of your ancestors, is giving to you. ² Don't add to these commands, and don't leave anything out, but obey the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. ³ You have seen for yourselves what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how the Lord your God destroyed everyone among you who followed Baal in Peor. ⁴ But all of you who continued following the Lord your God are still alive today. ⁵ Look, I have taught you the laws and rules the Lord my God commanded me. Now you can obey the laws in the land you are entering, in the land you will take. ⁶ Obey these laws carefully, in order to show the other nations that you have wisdom and understanding. When they hear about these laws, they will say, "This great nation of Israel is wise and understanding." ⁷ No other nation is as great as we are. Their gods do not come near them, but the Lord our God comes near when we pray to him. ⁸ And no other nation has such good teachings and commands as those I am giving to you today. ⁹ But be careful! Watch out and don't forget the things you have seen. Don't forget them as long as you live, but teach them to your children and grandchildren. ¹⁰ Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Mount Sinai. He said to me, "Bring the people together so I can tell them what I have to say. Then they will respect me as long as they live in the land, and they will teach these things to their children."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

keep thy soul: Deuteronomy 4:15, Deuteronomy 4:23, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 4:20-23, Luke 8:18, Hebrews 2:3, James 2:22

lest they: Joshua 1:18, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 3:1-3, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 4:4, Proverbs 7:1, Hebrews 2:1, Revelation 3:3

teach them: Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 11:19, Deuteronomy 29:29, Deuteronomy 31:19, Genesis 18:19, Exodus 13:8, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 13:14-16, Joshua 4:6, Joshua 4:7, Joshua 4:21, Psalms 34:11-16, Psalms 71:18, Psalms 78:3-8, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:1-13, Proverbs 23:26, Isaiah 38:19, Ephesians 6:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:2 - And that Exodus 19:4 - seen Exodus 19:12 - Take Exodus 23:13 - be circumspect Deuteronomy 4:16 - corrupt Deuteronomy 8:5 - consider Deuteronomy 11:16 - Take heed Deuteronomy 15:5 - General Joshua 22:5 - take Joshua 23:3 - And ye Joshua 23:11 - Take good Psalms 78:4 - We will Psalms 78:7 - not forget Psalms 111:4 - He hath Psalms 119:4 - General Proverbs 4:23 - Keep Proverbs 22:6 - a child Isaiah 42:20 - Seeing Isaiah 44:21 - Remember Jeremiah 17:21 - Take Luke 17:3 - heed Galatians 3:19 - It was added Hebrews 3:9 - and Hebrews 12:5 - ye have forgotten Hebrews 12:15 - Looking

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!

Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."

Genesis 37:32
Then they brought the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, "We found this robe. Look it over carefully and see if it is your son's robe."

Psalms 9:12
He remembers who the murderers are; he will not forget the cries of those who suffer.

Proverbs 28:13
If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.

John 8:44
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only take heed to thyself,.... To walk according to this law, and not swerve from it:

and keep thy soul diligently; from the transgressions and breaches of it:

lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen; either the statutes and judgments set before them, and the circumstances of the delivery of them; or the punishment inflicted on the breakers of them; or the favours bestowed on those that observed them:

and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; out of thy mind and memory, and have no place in thy affections, through a neglect and disuse of them:

but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; their children and grandchildren, that they may be trained up in them in their youth, and so not depart from them when grown up, and in years; see Deuteronomy 6:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A full stop should end Deuteronomy 4:9; and Deuteronomy 4:10 begin, At the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deuteronomy 4:11 then ye came near, etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the Law, strives to renew the impressions of that tremendous scene which attended its promulgation at Sinai.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 4:9. Only take heed to thyself — Be circumspect and watchful.

Keep thy soul diligently — Be mindful of thy eternal interests. Whatever becomes of the body, take care of the soul.

Lest thou forget — God does his work that they may be had in everlasting remembrance; and he that forgets them, forgets his own mercies. Besides, if a man forget the work of God on his soul, he loses that work.

Lest they depart from thy heart — It is not sufficient to lay up Divine things in the memory, they must be laid up in the heart. Thy word have I hidden in my heart, says David, that I might not sin against thee. The life of God in the soul of man can alone preserve the soul to life everlasting; and this grace must be retained all the days of our life. When Adam fell, his condition was not meliorated by the reflection that he had been once in paradise; nor does it avail Satan now that he was once an angel of light. Those who let the grace of God depart from their hearts, lose that grace; and those who lose the grace, fall from the grace; and as some have fallen and risen no more, so may others; therefore, take heed to thyself, c. Were it impossible for men finally to fall from the grace of God, exhortations of this kind had never been given, because they would have been unnecessary, and God never does an unnecessary thing.

But teach them thy sons — If a man know the worth of his own soul, he will feel the importance of the salvation of the souls of his family. Those who neglect family religion, neglect personal religion if more attention were paid to the former, even among those called religious people, we should soon have a better state of civil society. On family religion God lays much stress; and no head of a family can neglect it without endangering the final salvation of his own soul. Genesis 18:32; Genesis 18:32, and Genesis 19:38; Genesis 19:38, and Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 6:7.