Berean Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 11:18
18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 11:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Context of Deuteronomy 11:18
16But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods, 17or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you. Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
Read all of Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 11:18 word by word
וְשַׂמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־דְּבָרַ֣י אֵ֔לֶּה עַל־לְבַבְכֶ֖ם וְעַֽל־נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וּקְשַׁרְתֶּ֨ם אֹתָ֤ם לְאוֹת֙ עַל־יֶדְכֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ לְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Fixשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- words of mineדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- in yourעַל‛al · uponH5921
- heartsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
- mindsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- tieקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
- as remindersאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
- your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- and bind themהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- and bind themטוֹטָפוֹתţôphâphâh · phylacteriesH2903
- on your foreheadsבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
- on your foreheadsעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:18
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- 2 Peter 3:1Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
- Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words - See Deuteronomy 6:4-8; (note), and Exodus 13:9; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Let all be directed by the three rules here given. 1. Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. There will not be good practices in the life, unless there be good thoughts, good affections, and good principles in the heart. 2. Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God, having constant regard to it as the guide of our way, as the rule of our work, Psa 119:30. 3. Let our tongues be employed about the word of God. Nor will any thing do…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-32Here, Moses adds to the covenant stipulations (the commands in chapters 5–11) a list of blessings and curses. These blessings and curses are similar to the longer list that appears at the end of the covenant text in 27–28. They show the results of obeying or disobeying the covenant.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2518-25. lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them--(See on De 6:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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