Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when ¹  many disasters and distresses overcome them ²  this song will testify against them, ³  for their ⁴  descendants will not forget it. ⁵  I know the ⁶  intentions they have in mind ⁷  today, even before I bring them ⁸  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 rebelled ¹⁵  and did not obey. 9:30 You prolonged your kindness ¹⁶  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 testified ¹⁹  and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse ²⁰  generation!”

Ephesians 4:17

Live in Holiness

4:17 So I say this, and insist ²¹  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility ²²  of their thinking. ²³ 

Ephesians 4:1

Live in Unity

4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, ²⁴  urge you to live ²⁵  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.

[31:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:2]  ⁹ tn Or “am no longer able to lead you” (NIV, NLT); Heb “am no longer able to go out and come in.”

[24:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the field.”

[24:19]  ¹¹ tn 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).

[9:26]  ¹² tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”

[9:29]  ¹³ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

[9:29]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

[9:29]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”

[9:30]  ¹⁶ tn 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.

[9:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “did not give ear to.”

[9:30]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[2:40]  ¹⁹ tn Or “warned.”

[2:40]  ²⁰ tn Or “crooked” (in a moral or ethical sense). See Luke 3:5.

[4:17]  ²¹ tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.

[4:17]  ²² tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.

[4:17]  ²³ tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”

[4:1]  ²⁴ tn Grk “prisoner in the Lord.”

[4:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “walk.” The verb “walk” in the NT letters refers to the conduct of one’s life, not to physical walking.

[4:1]  ²⁶ sn 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.