1 Now these are the commandments, statutes, and decrees that Yahweh your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might keep them in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess; 2 so that you might honor Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his statutes and commandments that I am commanding you—you, your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your lives, so that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore listen to them, Israel, and keep them, so that it may go well with you, so that you may greatly multiply, in a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you would do. 4 Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one. 5 You will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. 6 The words that I am commanding you today will be in your heart; 7 and you will diligently teach them to your children; you will talk about them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. 8 You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 10 When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you, with large and very good cities that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all kinds of good things that you did not make, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, you will eat and be satisfied— 12 then be careful so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 13 You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name. 14 You will not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you— 15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface of the earth. 16 You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah. 17 You will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, his solemn commands, and his statutes, that he has commanded you. 18 You will do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land that Yahweh swore to your fathers, 19 to drive out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has said. 20 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What are the covenant decrees, the statutes, and the other decrees that Yahweh our God commanded you?' 21 then you will say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, 22 and he displayed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; 23 and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers. 24 Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today. 25 If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'
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- 1 Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 4:45; Leviticus 27:34; Deuteronomy 5:31
- 2 Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 13:4; Exodus 20:20; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Psalm 128:1
- 3 Genesis 22:17; Exodus 3:8; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 28:14; Genesis 26:4
- 4 Mark 12:29–32; Isaiah 44:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; Isaiah 45:5–6; John 17:3
- 5 Mark 12:30; Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 30:6
- 6 Colossians 3:16; Proverbs 7:3; Jeremiah 31:33; Deuteronomy 11:18; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 7 Deuteronomy 11:19; Ephesians 6:4; Psalm 78:4–6; 1 Peter 3:15; Deuteronomy 4:9–10
- 8 Proverbs 6:21; Deuteronomy 11:18; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Exodus 13:9
- 9 Deuteronomy 11:20; Isaiah 30:8; Isaiah 57:8; Habakkuk 2:2; Job 19:23–25
- 10 Joshua 24:13; Psalm 105:44; Nehemiah 9:25; Psalm 78:55; Genesis 26:3
- 11 Deuteronomy 7:12–18; Deuteronomy 8:10–20; Ezekiel 16:10–20; Jeremiah 2:31–32; Deuteronomy 32:15
- 13 Luke 4:8; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 13:4; Matthew 4:10; Leviticus 19:12
- 14 Jeremiah 25:6; Deuteronomy 13:7; 1 John 5:21; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:28
- 15 Deuteronomy 4:24; Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 7:4; Exodus 32:12
- 16 Exodus 17:7; Luke 4:12; Matthew 4:7; Psalm 95:8–9; Hebrews 3:8–9
- 17 Deuteronomy 11:22; Psalm 119:4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Peter 3:14; 2 Peter 1:5–10
- 18 Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 12:25; Romans 12:2; Deuteronomy 5:29; John 8:29
- 19 Exodus 23:28–30; Numbers 33:52–53; Judges 2:1–3; Judges 3:1–4
- 20 Exodus 13:14; Exodus 12:26; Joshua 4:21–24; Joshua 4:6–7; Deuteronomy 6:7
- 21 Ephesians 2:11–12; Romans 6:17–18; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 15:15; Exodus 20:2
- 22 Psalm 58:10–11; Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalm 91:8; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 4:3
- 23 Deuteronomy 6:18; Exodus 13:5; Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:35
- 24 Jeremiah 32:39; Psalm 41:2; Deuteronomy 10:12–13; Isaiah 3:10; Romans 10:5
- 25 Deuteronomy 24:13; Romans 10:3; James 2:10; Romans 10:5–6; Leviticus 18:5
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… god at all); or shall it be (what is really the case) the Maker of heaven and earth, whom also the prophets proclaimed,--whom Christ, too, confesses as His Father,-- whom also the law announces, saying: "Hear, O Israel; The Lord thy God is one God?"
Can it at any time or place be an unrighteous thing for a man to love God with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his mind, and his neighbour as himself? Therefore those offences which be contrary to nature are everywhere and at all times to be held in detestation and punished; such were those of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Since they were continually forgetting God's benefits, He commanded His marvellous works to be inscribed on little tablets, and that these should be suspended from their hands (wherefore also He said, "They shall be immoveable in thine eyes"), which they called phylacteries; as many of our women now wear Gospels hung from their necks.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And again He says, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
The Lord therefore confuted him out of the law, when He said, "It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God;" pointing out by the word contained in the law that which is the duty of man, that he should not tempt God; and in regard to Himself, since He appeared in human form, [declaring] that He …