Watchfulness

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:20,21Exodus 23:13Exodus 34:12Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 4:23Deuteronomy 6:17Deuteronomy 11:16Deuteronomy 12:13Deuteronomy 27:9Joshua 22:5Joshua 23:111 Kings 2:31 Kings 2:41 Kings 8:252 Chronicles 19:7Nehemiah 4:9Job 36:18–21Psalms 39:1Psalms 102:7Psalms 119:9Psalms 141:3
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The passages, in Bible order (80)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 23:13

   Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

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2. Exodus 34:12

   Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 34:121 voice

   “The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exo 24:7). Exo 34:13 Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Gen 21:

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3. Deuteronomy 4:9

   Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:91 voice

   “A full stop should end Deu 4:9; and Deu 4:10 begin, At the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deu 4:11 then ye came near, etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the Law, strives to renew the impressions of that tremendous scene which attended its promulgation at Sinai.

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4. Deuteronomy 4:23

   Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

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5. Deuteronomy 6:17

   You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

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6. Deuteronomy 11:16

   But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

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7. Deuteronomy 12:13

   Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

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8. Deuteronomy 27:9

   Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:91 voice

   “It was to be done but once, and at their entrance into the land of promise, in token of their taking possession of it under the several provisos and conditions contained in this law. There was a solemn ratification of the covenant between God and Israel at Mount Sinai, when an altar was erected, with twelve pillars, and the book of the covenant was produced, Exod. xxiv.

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9. Joshua 22:5

   But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 22:51 voice

   “But take diligent heed, etc. - Let us examine the force of this excellent advice; they must ever consider that their prosperity and continued possession of the land depended on their fidelity and obedience to God; to this they must take diligent heed. Do the commandment - They must pay the strictest regard to every moral precept. And the law - They must observe all the rites and ceremonies of their holy religion. Love the Lord your God - Without an affectionate filial attachment to their Maker, duty would be irksome, grievous, and impossible.

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10. Joshua 23:11

    Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

    ›Commentary on Joshua 23:111 voice

    “Take good heed - unto yourselves that ye love the Lord - לנפשתיכם lenaphshotheychem, Take heed To Your Souls, literally; but נפש nephesh and nefs, both in Hebrew and Arabic, signify the whole self, as well as soul and life; both soul and body must be joined in this work, for it is written, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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11. 1 Kings 2:3

    And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:32 voices

    “The “statutes” have been explained to be the positive ordinances of the Law; the “commandments” the moral precepts, not to steal, etc.; the “judgments” the laws belonging to civil government; and the “testimonies” the laws directing the commemoration of certain events. Compare Psa 19:7-8.

    “We never let fall the promise till we let fall the precept. God had promised David that the Messiah should come from his loins, and that promise was absolute: but the promise that there should not fail him a man on the throne of Israel was conditional--if his seed behave themselves as they should.

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12. 1 Kings 2:4

    and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:42 voices

    “That the Lord may continue his word - The prosperity which God has promised to grant to my family will depend on their faithfulness to the good they receive; if they live to God, they shall sit for ever on the throne of Israel. But alas! they did not; and God’s justice cut off the entail made by his mercy.

    “We never let fall the promise till we let fall the precept. God had promised David that the Messiah should come from his loins, and that promise was absolute: but the promise that there should not fail him a man on the throne of Israel was conditional--if his seed behave themselves as they should.

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13. 1 Kings 8:25

    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 8:251 voice

    “Solomon’s prayer is, perhaps, generally for the fulfillment of all the promises made to David in connection with the building of the temple. But there seems to be special allusion in this verse to the promise recorded in Psa 132:14.

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14. 2 Chronicles 19:7

    And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 19:71 voice

    “Another particle of the perfection of the fear of the Lord consists in perfect promptitude of obedience. Hence in the book of Chronicles: "Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence": as if to say: do not be …

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15. Nehemiah 4:9

    So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

    ›Commentary on Nehemiah 4:91 voice

    “Because of them - Or, “over against them,” i. e. opposite to the place where they were encamped, probably on the north side of the city.

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16. Job 36:18–21

    Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

    ›Commentary on Job 36:18–212 voices

    “As the "scorn" in the first clause answers to the "judgment of the wicked" (Job 36:17), so "ransom" ("seduce") to "will he esteem riches" (Job 36:19). Thus, Job 36:18 is the transition between Job 36:17 and Job 36:19.

    “Because there is wrath,.... Either wrath in Job, so some; indignation and impatience under the afflicting hand of God, expressed by cursing the day of his birth, and by his angry pleadings with God: and therefore Elihu advises him to beware of it, and check this impetuous spirit; cease from his anger and forsake wrath, and fret not himself to do evil, and provoke the Lord to take him away at once, and then his case would be irretrievable. Or rather wrath in God, which is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.

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