Deuteronomy 6:17

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“You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.”

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BSBPD

“You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 6:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  2. Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
  3. Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  4. Deuteronomy 5:32So 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.
  5. Deuteronomy 6:1These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
  6. Deuteronomy 11:13So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
  7. Deuteronomy 11:22For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
  8. Deuteronomy 27:1Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
  9. Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
  10. Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  12. Titus 3:8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.
  13. Hebrews 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
  14. 2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
  15. 2 Peter 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

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