Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when¹ many disasters and distresses overcome them² this song will testify against them,³ for their⁴ descendants will not forget it.⁵ I know the⁶ intentions they have in mind⁷ today, even before I bring them⁸ to the land I have promised.”

Deuteronomy 31:2

31:2 He said to them, “Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about,⁹ and the Lord has said to me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

Deuteronomy 24:19

24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there,¹⁰ you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.¹¹

Nehemiah 9:26

9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law.¹² They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:29-30

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them,¹³ will live. They boldly turned from you;¹⁴ they rebelled¹⁵ and did not obey. 9:30 You prolonged your kindness¹⁶ with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention,¹⁷ so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.¹⁸

Acts 2:40

2:40 With many other words he testified¹⁹ and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse²⁰ generation!”

Ephesians 4:17

Live in Holiness

4:17 So I say this, and insist²¹ in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility²² of their thinking.²³

Ephesians 4:1

Live in Unity

4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord,²⁴ urge you to live²⁵ worthily of the calling with which you have been called,²⁶

Ephesians 4:6

4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

¹tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

²tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁵tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

⁶tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁷tn Heb “which he is doing.”

⁸tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁹tn Or “am no longer able to lead you” (NIV, NLT); Heb “am no longer able to go out and come in.”

¹⁰tn Heb “in the field.”

¹¹tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).

¹²tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”

¹³tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

¹⁴tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

¹⁵tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”

¹⁶tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

¹⁸tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

¹⁹tn Or “warned.”

²⁰tn Or “crooked” (in a moral or ethical sense). See Luke 3:5.

²¹tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.

²²tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.

²³tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”

²⁴tn Grk “prisoner in the Lord.”

²⁵tn Grk “walk.” The verb “walk” in the NT letters refers to the conduct of one’s life, not to physical walking.

²⁶sn With which you have been called. The calling refers to the Holy Spirit’s prompting that caused them to believe. The author is thus urging his readers to live a life that conforms to their saved status before God.