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Deuteronomy 6:12

"But be careful! Don't forget the Lord . You were slaves in Egypt, but he brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Forgetting God;   Ingratitude;   Obedience;   Riches;   Servant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beware;   Bible, the;   Forgetfulness;   Forgetting God;   Invitations-Warnings;   Prosperity;   Prosperity-Adversity;   Remembrance-Forgetfulness;   Warnings;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Remembrance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forgetting God;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Egypt;   Israel;   King, Christ as;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forget;   Praise;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Canaan;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 27;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, out of the house of bondage.
King James Version
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Lexham English Bible
then take care for yourself, so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out from the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.
English Standard Version
then take care lest you forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
New Century Version
But be careful! Do not forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves.
New English Translation
be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.
Amplified Bible
then beware that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
New American Standard Bible
be careful that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beware least thou forget the Lord, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Legacy Standard Bible
then beware, lest you forget Yahweh who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Contemporary English Version
don't forget it was the Lord who set you free from slavery and brought you out of Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
then be careful not to forget Adonai , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.
Darby Translation
[then] beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
George Lamsa Translation
Then take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Good News Translation
make certain that you do not forget the Lord who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
Christian Standard Bible®
be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
Literal Translation
and you shall be on guard that you not forget Jehovah who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE, which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro the house of bondage:
American Standard Version
then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Bible in Basic English
Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then beware lest thou forget ye Lorde which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
King James Version (1611)
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
English Revised Version
then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Berean Standard Bible
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou hast ete, and art fillid,
Young's Literal Translation
`Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
Update Bible Version
You be careful not to forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.
Webster's Bible Translation
[Then] beware lest thou shouldst forget the LORD, who brought thee forth from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
World English Bible
then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
New King James Version
then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
New Living Translation
be careful not to forget the Lord , who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
New Life Bible
But then be careful not to forget the Lord Who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the land where you were held as servants.
New Revised Standard
take care that you do not forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
take heed unto thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh, - who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt have eaten and be full:
Revised Standard Version
then take heed lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Contextual Overview

4 "Listen, people of Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God. 5 You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 Always remember these commands that I give you today. 7 Be sure to teach them to your children. Talk about these commands when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads to help you remember my teachings. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates. 10 "The Lord your God made a promise to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He promised to give you this land, and he will give it to you. He will give you great and rich cities that you did not build. 11 He will give you houses full of good things that you did not put there. He will give you wells that you did not dig. He will give you vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, and you will have plenty to eat. 12 "But be careful! Don't forget the Lord . You were slaves in Egypt, but he brought you out of the land of Egypt. 13 Respect the Lord your God and serve only him. You must use only his name to make promises.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bondage: Heb. bondmen, or servants, Deuteronomy 6:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 13:3 - out of the Deuteronomy 4:23 - lest ye forget Deuteronomy 8:10 - thou hast Deuteronomy 32:18 - forgotten 2 Kings 17:38 - ye shall not forget Job 8:13 - that forget God Psalms 44:17 - yet Isaiah 17:10 - thou hast Jeremiah 34:13 - out of Ezekiel 28:5 - and thine Hosea 2:13 - forgat Joel 2:26 - ye shall Luke 6:25 - full Luke 12:19 - Soul Colossians 2:8 - Beware

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. He saw that they thought only about evil things all the time.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah pleased the Lord .
Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Use cypress wood and build a boat for yourself. Make rooms in the boat and cover it with tar inside and out.
Genesis 6:15
"This is the size I want you to make the boat: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Genesis 6:16
Make a window for the boat about 1 cubit below the roof. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make three floors in the boat: a top deck, a middle deck, and a lower deck.
Genesis 6:17
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 6:19
Also, you will take two of every living thing on the earth with you into the boat. Take a male and female of every kind of animal so that they might survive with you.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and creeping thing will come to you so that you might keep them alive.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord,.... To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; Proverbs 30:9

which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: Exodus 20:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger;

(1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and

(2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors.

The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deuteronomy 7:1-11.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The command “to swear by His Name” is not inconsistent with the Lord’s injunction Matthew 5:34, “Swear not at all.” Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing in common conversation. It is not the purpose of Moses to encourage the practice of taking oaths, but to forbid that, when taken, they should be taken in any other name than that of Israel’s God. The oath involves an invocation of Deity, and so a solemn recognition of Him whose Name is made use of in it. Hence, it comes especially within the scope of the commandment Moses is enforcing.

Deuteronomy 6:25

It shall be our righteousness - i. e., God will esteem us as righteous and deal with us accordingly. From the very beginning made Moses the whole righteousness of the Law to depend entirely on a right state of the heart, in one word, upon faith.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 6:12. Beware lest thou forget the Lord — In earthly prosperity men are apt to forget heavenly things. While the animal senses have every thing they can wish, it is difficult for the soul to urge its way to heaven; the animal man is happy, and the desires of the soul are absorbed in those of the flesh. God knows this well; and therefore, in his love to man, makes comparative poverty and frequent affliction his general lot. Should not every soul therefore magnify God for this lot in life? "Before I was afflicted," says David, "I went astray;" and had it not been for poverty and affliction, as instruments in the hands of God's grace, multitudes of souls now happy in heaven would have been wretched in hell. It is not too much to speak thus far; because we ever see that the rich and the affluent are generally negligent of God and the interests of their souls. It must however be granted that extreme poverty is as injurious to religion as excessive affluence. Hence the wisdom as well as piety of Agur's prayer, Proverbs 30:7-9: "Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, or lest I be poor and steal," &c.


 
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