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Deuteronomy 17:19

Deuteronomy chapter 17 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

Context

v.18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

v.19This passage

v.20that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Timothy 3:15

    and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Psalms 119:97

    Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

  • Deuteronomy 11:18

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 6:6

    And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

  • Deuteronomy 4:10

    the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Psalms 1:2

    But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.