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Psalm 34:11

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

9Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
11Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
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“Come, you children” puts the reader among learners, where listening comes before instruction and the fear of YHWH is something to be taught.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.Both passages promise teaching, presenting guidance as something a learner receives from someone who speaks to them.
Psalm 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.Both connect youth with learning a Godward way of life, through instruction in Psalm 34 and God's word in Psalm 119.
Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”Both address the young with attention to God: children are taught to fear the LORD, and youth are urged to remember their Creator.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.Both join the fear of the LORD with learning; Proverbs also warns that fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalm 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!The fear of the LORD is the shared phrase, taught in Psalm 34 and named as wisdom's beginning in Psalm 111.
Proverbs 2:1–9My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,Both use a teacher's address to children, asking them to receive words that guide their lives.
Psalm 66:16Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.Both summon people to come and listen, with the fear of God linking instruction in Psalm 34 and testimony in Psalm 66.
Isaiah 28:9Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?Both bring teaching and children into view, though Isaiah asks about the audience while the psalm addresses children.
1 Samuel 12:23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.Both speakers undertake to instruct their hearers, one in fearing the LORD and the other in the good and right way.
Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.The link is broad: the psalm urges listeners to come, while Proverbs speaks of those who seek and find.
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;Both address children with a command to listen, presenting instruction as something that deserves their attention.
Matthew 18:2–4Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of themBoth mention children being called near, though only the psalm names the fear of the LORD as the lesson.
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There is room to learn here. The teacher gathers children and asks for their attention; understanding how to fear YHWH can grow through listening to instruction.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).