Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 4:1 (show verse)
“Now, O Israel, listen and pay attention to the statutes and the judgments (God’s legal decisions) which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:2 (show verse)
You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I am commanding you.
Commandment » Not adding to or diminishing from the commandments of the lord
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
God's word » Sacred, not to be altered
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The scriptures » Nothing to be taken from, or added to
The bible » Purpose » Its words sacred, not to be altered
The word of God » Not adding to or diminishing from the word of God
The word of God » Not to be added to, or taken from
Word » Sacred » Its words sacred, not to be altered
Deuteronomy 4:3 (show verse)
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor; for all the men who followed [and participated in the worship of] Baal of Peor, the Lord your God destroyed them from among you,
Deuteronomy 4:4 (show verse)
but you who held tightly to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
Deuteronomy 4:5 (show verse)
“Look, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may do them in the land which you are entering to possess.
Church of israel » Established by God
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of divine
The scriptures » Reveal the laws, statutes, and judgments of God
Statutes » General references to
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
Understanding » What is understanding
Wisdom » What is wisdom
Deuteronomy 4:6 (show verse)
So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
Deuteronomy 4:7 (show verse)
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God [is to us] whenever we call on Him?
Deuteronomy 4:8 (show verse)
Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am placing before you today?
Deuteronomy 4:9 (show verse)
“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—
Children » Instruction of
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Children » Indulgence of » Instruction of
Children » Were required » To attend to instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the soul
Diligence » Keeping the soul
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Devotions » Instruction of children
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Fathers » Duties of » Instruction of children
Forgetfulness » Need of watchfulness against
Forgetting God » Need of watchfulness against
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the care of the soul
Home » special duties of parents » Instruction of children
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Instruction of children
Keep » Thyself
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Watchfulness against sin and temptation
School » In the home
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Instruction of children
teaching » What to teach
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » Against sin and temptation
Deuteronomy 4:10 (show verse)
especially the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb (Mount Sinai), when the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect] all the days they live on the land, and so that they may teach their children.’
Children » Instruction of
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Church of israel » Established by God
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Family » Religion of the
Family » Of saints » Should be taught God's word
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Law » Given at sinai
the Law of moses » Given » At horeb
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
School » In the home
teaching » What to teach
The bible » Purpose » Profitable for instruction
Word » Taught » Profitable for instruction
Deuteronomy 4:11 (show verse)
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
Deuteronomy 4:12 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of the words, but you saw no form—there was only a voice.
Deuteronomy 4:13 (show verse)
So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to follow, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
Church of israel » Established by God
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Church of israel » In covenant with God
Commandments » Of men » The ten
Decalogue » Called words of the covenant
Law » Bondage of » Mosaic
Law » Engraved on stone
Law » Given at sinai
Stones » Commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » The commandments engraved upon
Tables » Of testimony » Were broken
Deuteronomy 4:14 (show verse)
The Lord commanded me at that time to teach you the statutes and judgments, so that you might do them in the land which you are going over to possess.
Deuteronomy 4:15 (show verse)
“So pay attention and watch yourselves carefully—for you did not see any form [of God] on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire—
Deuteronomy 4:16 (show verse)
so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image [to worship] in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Deuteronomy 4:17 (show verse)
the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, or of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:18 (show verse)
the likeness of anything that crawls on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:19 (show verse)
And beware that you do not raise your eyes toward heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and let yourselves be led astray and worship them and serve them, [mere created bodies] which the Lord your God has allotted to [serve and benefit] all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Idolatry » Consists in » Worshipping the host of heaven
Idolatry » Warnings against
Moon » Forbidden worship
Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews
Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all
Stars » Forbidden worship
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
Sun » Forbidden worship
The sun » The jews » Forbidden to worship
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Deuteronomy 4:20 (show verse)
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron [smelting] furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as [you are] this day.
Deuteronomy 4:21 (show verse)
“Now the Lord was angry with me [at the waters of Meribah] because of you, and He swore [an oath] that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:22 (show verse)
For I am going to die in this land, I am not going to cross the Jordan, but you shall cross over and take possession of this good land.
Deuteronomy 4:23 (show verse)
So be on your guard and watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He has made with you, and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
Deuteronomy 4:24 (show verse)
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].
Deuteronomy 4:25 (show verse)
“When you become the father of children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, then if you corrupt yourselves by making a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything [for the purpose of worship], and do evil [things] in the sight of the Lord your God, provoking Him to anger,
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:26 (show verse)
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 4:27 (show verse)
The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
No Themes for this verse.
Deuteronomy 4:28 (show verse)
And there you will serve [false and foreign] gods, the work of human hands, [lifeless images of] wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell [the offerings of food given to them].
Deuteronomy 4:29 (show verse)
But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30 (show verse)
When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
Deuteronomy 4:31 (show verse)
For the Lord your God is a merciful and compassionate God; He will not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
Deuteronomy 4:32 (show verse)
“Indeed, ask now about the days that are past, [those days] which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?
Deuteronomy 4:33 (show verse)
Did [any] people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and [still] live?
Deuteronomy 4:34 (show verse)
Or has any [man-made] god ever tried to go and take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes?
Deuteronomy 4:35 (show verse)
It was shown to you so that you might have [personal] knowledge and comprehend that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.
Deuteronomy 4:36 (show verse)
Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline and admonish you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 4:37 (show verse)
And because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants who followed them, and brought you from Egypt with His Presence, with His great and awesome power,
Deuteronomy 4:38 (show verse)
dispossessing and driving out from before you nations, [nations that were] greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 4:39 (show verse)
Therefore know and understand today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:40 (show verse)
So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Children » Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
God » To believers » To the obedient
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
Obligation » A motive of obedience
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
Deuteronomy 4:41 (show verse)
Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),
Deuteronomy 4:42 (show verse)
so that someone who committed manslaughter could flee there, [that is, a person] who killed his neighbor unintentionally and without previously having hostility toward him, and that by escaping to one of these cities he might [claim the right of asylum and] save his life:
Deuteronomy 4:43 (show verse)
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Bezer » A city » A city of refuge, east of the jordan
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Golan » Given to the tribe of manasseh as a city of refuge
Homicide » Accidental
Ramoth-gilead » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of gad, and one of the cities of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Deuteronomy 4:44 (show verse)
This is the law which Moses placed before the sons of Israel;
Deuteronomy 4:45 (show verse)
these are the testimonies (legal provisions) and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 4:46 (show verse)
beyond the Jordan in the Valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel defeated when they came out from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:47 (show verse)
They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who reigned across the Jordan to the east,
Deuteronomy 4:48 (show verse)
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon),
Deuteronomy 4:49 (show verse)
with all the Arabah (desert lowlands) across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea), at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
Ashdoth-pisgah » The water courses flowing from mount pisgah
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Fountains and springs » Mentioned in scripture » Of pisgah
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Og » Land of, given to the tribes of gad, reuben, and manasseh
Pisgah » Boundary » Gadites » Reubenites
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Sea » Dead