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Our Children—A Heritage from JehovahThe Watchtower—1979 | April 1
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In order to provide such mental-regulating, parents themselves must be well acquainted with the Bible.
Instructive in this connection is the following declaration by Moses to parents in ancient Israel: “These words that I am commanding you today must prove to be on your heart;
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Our Children—A Heritage from JehovahThe Watchtower—1979 | April 1
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(Deut. 6:6-9) In regard to these verses, the Bible commentary by Keil and Delitzsch states:
“For the love of God to be of the right kind, the commandments of God must be laid to heart, and be the constant subject of thought and conversation. ‘Upon thine heart:’ i.e. the commandments of God were to be an affair of the heart, and not merely of the memory . . . [Compare Deuteronomy 11:18].
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