Impress Them on Your Children (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 · Berean Standard Bible
The Shema calls parents to love God with all their heart and to pass that faith on to the next generation: "Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road." Deuteronomy 6:4-9 is the Bible's blueprint for raising children in faith — teaching that happens in the ordinary rhythms of everyday family life.
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
8Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Read the wider context: Deuteronomy 6.
Sitting with this passage?
Leave your email and we'll send you scripture and real stories of God's faithfulness — encouragement for whatever you're walking through.
Or keep reading —
Related passages
- Children Are a Gift From God (Psalm 127:3-5) — Psalms 127:3-5
- Children Obey, Fathers Don't Provoke (Ephesians 6:1-4) — Ephesians 6:1-4
- Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) — Luke 10:38-42
- Hannah's Prayer for a Child (1 Samuel 1:9-20) — 1 Samuel 1:9-20