Jeremiah 35:8

Thus haue wee obeyed the voyce of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged vs, and wee drinke no wine all our dayes, neither wee, our wiues, our sonnes, nor our daughters.

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In The King James Version

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

In Context

7Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seede, nor plant vineyarde, nor haue any, but all your dayes ye shall dwell in tentes, that ye may liue a long time in the land where ye be strangers.

9Neither builde wee houses for vs to dwell in, neither haue we vineyard, nor fielde, nor seede,

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

Proverbs 6:20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12

The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the… Read the whole commentary →

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