Deuteronomy 11:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 11:18 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 11:18 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:16So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 6:9Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- Proverbs 7:3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- 2 Peter 3:1Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).