Deuteronomy 6:12

then beware lest thou forget LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

A Conservative Version

In The 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.

In Context

11and houses full of all good things, which thou did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which thou did not plant, and thou shall eat and be full,

13Thou shall fear LORD thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:14And it shall be, when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shall say to him, By strength of hand LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which LORD thy God has forbidden thee.

Deuteronomy 32:18Thou are unmindful of the Rock that begot thee, and have forgotten God who gave thee birth.

2 Kings 17:36But LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him ye shall fear, and to him ye shall bow yourselves, and to him ye shall sacrifice.

Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Psalms 78:7that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17

Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →

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