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Deuteronomy 4:9Deut.4.9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Seulement, prends garde à toi et veille attentivement sur ton âme, tous les jours de ta vie, de peur que tu n'oublies les choses que tes yeux ont vues, et qu'elles ne sortent de ton coeur; enseigne-les à tes enfants et aux enfants de tes enfants.

KJV

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    her. Now the Old Law contains precepts about teaching---both affirmative precepts as, for example, ( Dt. 4:9 ), "Thou shalt teach them to thy sons"---and prohibitive precepts, as, for instance, ( Dt. 4:2 ), "You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you tak…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    which we are continually returning, for instance, to the house door. Moreover it is clearly stated ( Dt. 4:9 ): "Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life." We read of these things also being commanded more notably…

  • Clement of Alexandria + Hermas + Tatian

    ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire)

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