Deuteronomy 6:1-9

The Greatest Commandment

1 "Now this is a the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 b "that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, c and that your days may be prolonged. 3 "Therefore hear, O Israel, and 1 be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may d multiply greatly e as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you - f 'a land flowing with milk and honey.' 2

4 g "Hear, O Israel: 3 The LORD our God, the LORD is one! 5 h "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, i with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 "And j these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 k "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 l "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 m "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:1
    These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 20:20
    And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for...
    Deuteronomy 10:12
    And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God re...
    Deuteronomy 10:13
    And to keep the commandments of the LORD and Hi...
    Psalms 111:10
    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom...
    Psalms 128:1
    Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who wa...
    Ecclesiastes 12:13
    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:...
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:40
    "You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time."
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:13
    And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 3:8
    So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
    Exodus 3:17
    "and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:35
    To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
    Mark 12:29
    Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
    John 17:3
    And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
    1 Corinthians 8:4
    Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
    1 Corinthians 8:6
    Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 22:37
    Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
    Mark 12:30
    And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
    Luke 10:27
    So he answered and said, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:25
    Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:18 - 20
    Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Psalms 119:11
    Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
    Psalms 119:98
    You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:9
    Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
    Deuteronomy 11:19
    You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
    Ephesians 6:4
    And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 12:14
    So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you...
    Exodus 13:9
    It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and a...
    Exodus 13:16
    "It shall be as a sign on your hand and as fron...
    Deuteronomy 11:18
    Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine ...
    Proverbs 3:3
    Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them ...
    Proverbs 6:21
    Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them...
    Proverbs 7:3
    Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the ta...
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:20
    And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
    Isaiah 57:8
    Also behind the doors and their posts You have set up your remembrance; For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up to them; You have enlarged your bed And made a covenant with them; You have loved their bed, Where you saw their nudity.
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