Deuteronomy 5:32

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“So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.”

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BSBPD

“So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside--right or left;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:32 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
  3. Deuteronomy 6:3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
  4. Deuteronomy 6:17You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
  5. Deuteronomy 6:25And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
  6. Deuteronomy 8:1You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
  7. Deuteronomy 11:32be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
  8. Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  9. Deuteronomy 17:11according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
  10. Deuteronomy 17:20Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
  11. Deuteronomy 24:8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
  12. Deuteronomy 28:14Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
  13. Deuteronomy 29:8We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  14. Joshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
  15. Joshua 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
  16. 2 Kings 21:8I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  17. 2 Kings 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  18. Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
  19. Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
  20. Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
  21. Proverbs 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
  22. Proverbs 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
  23. Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
  24. Ezekiel 20:19I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.

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