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Deuteronomy 4:23 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.”
Deuteronomy 4:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God...The imperative hishameru lakem (הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם, 'take heed to yourselves') signals urgent self-examination. The verb shamar means to guard, watch, or keep vigilantly—covenant faithfulness requires active protection against spiritual drift. The danger is not dramatic apostasy but gradual forgetting (tishkechu, תִּשְׁכְּחוּ), the slow erosion of covenantal memory that makes idolatry seem reasonable.Moses connects forgetting the covenant directly to making graven images (pesel, פֶּסֶל). The progression is instructive...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 4:23
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“and keep your soul diligently”
“because they have transgressed the laws”
“who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.”
“Be careful that no one leads you astray.,And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.,,,,,,,,”
“Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh”
“brothers”
“the word which he commanded to a thousand generations”
“which he commanded you”
“flowing with milk and honey”
“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:”