Deuteronomy 6:25

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“And 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.””

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Read Deuteronomy 6:25 in the flow of Deuteronomy6 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Deuteronomy6 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“And 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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 6:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
  2. Deuteronomy 24:13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
  3. Psalms 78:7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
  4. Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
  5. Psalms 119:6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
  6. Proverbs 12:28There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
  7. Ezekiel 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
  8. Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
  9. Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
  10. Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  11. Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
  12. Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
  13. James 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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