Deuteronomy 6:4-9

The Greatest Commandment

⁴ "Hear, O Israel: _d The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ₁ ⁵ You _e shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ⁶ And _f these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. ⁷ _g You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ⁸ _h You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ⁹ _i You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

1. Cross References
   Mark 12:29
   Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, ...
   Isaiah 42:8
   I am the Lord ; that is my name; my glory I giv...
   Zechariah 14:9
   And the Lord will be king over all the earth. O...
   John 17:3
   And this is eternal life, that they know you th...
   1 Corinthians 8:4
   Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to ...
   1 Corinthians 8:6
   Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from w...
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 22:37
   And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
   Mark 12:30
   And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
   Luke 10:27
   And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
   2 Kings 23:25
   Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 11:18
   You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
   Deuteronomy 32:46
   He said to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.
   Psalms 37:31
   The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
   Isaiah 51:7
   Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
   Jeremiah 31:33
   But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 4:9
   Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children -
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 11:18
   You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
   Proverbs 3:3
   Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
   Proverbs 6:21
   Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
   Proverbs 7:3
   Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
   Exodus 13:9
   And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
   
6. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 11:20
   You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
   Isaiah 57:8
   Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your memorial; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a covenant for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.