Isaiah 38:19
It's only the living who can praise you as I'm doing today. Parents explain to their children how you can be trusted.
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Genesis 18:19I've chosen him so that he will teach his sons and their families to follow the way of the Lord by doing what is right and good, so that I, the Lord, can do for Abraham what I promised.”
Exodus 12:26When your children come and ask you, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’
Deuteronomy 4:9Just make sure to be very careful, and really watch what you do, so you don't forget the things you've seen. Keep them in mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 6:7You are to explain them carefully to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.
Joshua 4:21He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Psalms 78:4We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22
Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord , even the Lord , in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →