Deuteronomy 11:18

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.

Context of Deuteronomy 11:18

16Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. 17Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you. Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19Teach them to your children, talking 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 doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

Deuteronomy 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore shall ye lay upשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• these my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• in your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and in your soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• them for a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: indicatorH226
• upon your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• that they may be as frontletsטוֹטָפוֹתţôphâphâh · phylacteriesH2903
• between your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:18

• Deuteronomy 6:6These commandments that I give you today are to be on 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 obey carefully all the words of this law.
• Exodus 13:9This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
• 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 keep my commands in your heart,
• Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Proverbs 7:2Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
• Colossians 3:16Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
• Hebrews 2:1We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• 2 Peter 1:12So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
• 2 Peter 3:1Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
• Matthew 23:5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:18

• Commandments
• Frontlets
• Instruction
• Law
• Legends (Inscriptions)
• Obedience
• Parents
• Phylactery
• Reward
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

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• Doorposts
• Frontlets
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• Amulet
• Door
• Phylactery
• Synagogue
• Worship

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