Deuteronomy 4:6 KJV
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Matthew Henry
- Earnest exhortations to obedience, and dissuasives from idolatryThe power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although there is much reference to...
Thompson Chains
- CommandmentsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 6:6 · 20 links
- Wisdom (3)See the chain from Job 28:28 · 9 links
- UnderstandingStarts here · next 1 Chronicles 22:12 · 15 links
- Civic RighteousnessSee the chain from Proverbs 11:11 · 10 links
Cross References
- Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
- Daniel 5:11–16 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; …
- 2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- Deuteronomy 30:19–20 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: …
- 1 Kings 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
- 1 Kings 10:6–9 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. …
- Psalms 119:98–100 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. …
- Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Jeremiah 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
- Daniel 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
- Daniel 4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
- Zechariah 8:20–23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: …
- Malachi 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
- James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
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- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Obedience Enjoined
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם ûšĕmartem שָׁמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- therefore and do וַעֲשִׂיתֶם waʿăśîtem עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and כִּי kî Conjunction
- for this is your wisdom הִוא hiwʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular חָכְמַתְכֶם ḥokmatkem חׇכְמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- and your understanding וּבִינַתְכֶם ûbînatkem בִּינָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine plural
- in the sight לְעֵינֵי lĕʿênê עַיִן Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with preposition
- of the nations הָעַמִּים hāʿammîm עַם Noun · masculine plural · with the
- which shall hear אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יִשְׁמְעוּן yišmĕʿûn שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- all these statutes אֵת ʾēt Object marker כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַחֻקִּים haḥuqqîm חֹק Noun · masculine plural · with the
- and say וְאָמְרוּ wĕʾāmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- Surely this great הָאֵלֶּה hāʾēllê Pronoun · with the רַק raq Affirmation הַגָּדוֹל haggādôl גָּדוֹל Adjective · masculine singular · with the הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the
- nation הַגּוֹי haggôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular · with the
- a wise חָכָם ḥākām חָכָם Adjective · masculine singular
- and understanding וְנָבוֹן wĕnābôn בִּין Verb · niphal active participle, masculine singular · with and
- people עַם ʿam עַם Noun · masculine singular
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