Deuteronomy 6:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

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BSBPD

“Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 6:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.”
  3. Numbers 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
  4. Deuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  5. Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
  6. Proverbs 6:21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
  7. Proverbs 7:3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
  8. Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  9. Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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