Deuteronomy 6
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A persuasive to obedience
Verse 1
WEB Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
KJV Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
TSK the commandments: de 4:1,5,14,45, de 5:31, de 12:1, le 27:34, nu 36:13, eze 37:24
Verse 2
WEB that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
KJV That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
TSK fear: de 4:10, de 10:12,13,20, de 13:4, ge 22:12, ex 20:20, job 28:28, ps 111:10, ps 128:1, pr 16:6, ec 12:13, lu 12:5, 1pe 1:17; and thy son: de 6:7, ge 18:19, ps 78:4-8; thy days: de 4:40, de 5:16,33, de 22:7, pr 3:1,2,16, 1pe 3:10,11
Verse 3
WEB Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJV Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
TSK and observe: de 4:6, de 5:32, ec 8:12, isa 3:10; that ye may: ge 12:2, ge 13:16, ge 15:5, ge 22:17, ge 26:4, ge 28:14, ex 1:7, ac 7:17; in the land: ex 3:8
Words urging obedience
Verse 4
WEB Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
KJV Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
TSK Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:: de 4:35,36, de 5:6, 1ki 18:21, 2ki 19:5, 1ch 29:10, isa 42:8, isa 44:6,8, isa 45:5,6, jer 10:10,11, mr 12:29-32, joh 17:3, 1co 8:4-6, 1ti 2:5
Verse 5
WEB and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
KJV And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
TSK thou shalt: de 10:12, de 11:13, de 30:6, mt 22:37, mr 12:30,33, lu 10:27, 1jo 5:3; God with all: de 4:29, 2ki 23:25, mt 10:37, joh 14:20,21, 2co 5:14,15
Obedience taught
Verse 6
WEB These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
KJV And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
TSK shall be: de 11:18, de 32:46, ps 37:31, ps 40:8, ps 119:11,98, pr 2:10,11, pr 3:1-3,5, pr 7:3, isa 51:7, jer 31:33, lu 2:51, lu 8:15, 2co 3:3, col 3:16, 2jo 1:2
Verse 7
WEB and 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 up.
KJV And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
TSK And thou shalt: de 6:2, de 4:9,10, de 11:19, ge 18:19, ex 12:26,27, ex 13:14,15, ps 78:4-6, eph 6:4; shalt talk: ru 2:4,12, ru 4:11, ps 37:30, ps 40:9,10, ps 119:46, ps 129:8, pr 6:22, pr 10:21, pr 15:2,7, mal 3:16, mt 12:35, lu 6:45, eph 4:29, col 4:6, 1pe 3:15
Verse 8
WEB You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
KJV And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
TSK And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.: de 11:18, ex 13:9,16, nu 15:38,39, pr 3:3, pr 6:21, pr 7:3, mt 23:5, heb 2:1
Verse 10
WEB It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn’t build,
KJV And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
TSK land: ge 13:15-17, ge 15:18, ge 26:3, ge 28:13; great: jos 24:13, ne 9:25, ps 78:55, ps 105:44
Verse 11
WEB and houses full of all good things, which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;
KJV And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
TSK when thou: de 7:12-18, de 8:10-20, de 32:15, jud 3:7, pr 30:8,9, jer 2:31,32, eze 16:10-20, mt 19:23,24
Verse 12
WEB then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
KJV Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 13
WEB You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
KJV Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
TSK fear: de 6:2, de 5:29, de 10:12,20, de 13:4, mt 4:10, lu 4:8; shalt swear: le 19:12, jos 2:12, ps 15:4, ps 63:11, isa 45:23, isa 65:16, jer 4:2, jer 5:2,7, jer 12:16
Verse 15
WEB for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
KJV (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
TSK is a jealous: de 4:24, ex 20:5, am 3:2, 1co 10:22; lest: de 7:4, de 11:17, nu 32:10-15, 2ch 36:16, ps 90:7,11; destroy: ge 7:4, ex 32:12, 1ki 13:34, am 9:8
General precepts, Instructions to be given to their children
Verse 17
WEB You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
KJV Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
TSK Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.: de 6:1,2, de 11:13,22, ex 15:26, ps 119:4, 1co 15:58, tit 3:8, heb 6:11, 2pe 1:5-10, 2pe 3:14
Verse 18
WEB You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
KJV And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
TSK shalt do: de 8:11, de 12:25,28, de 13:18, ex 15:26, ps 19:11, isa 3:10, eze 18:5,19,21, eze 18:27, eze 33:14,16,19, ho 14:9, joh 8:29, ro 12:2; that it may: de 4:40, de 5:29,33
Verse 19
WEB to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
KJV To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
TSK To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.: ex 23:28-30, nu 33:52,53, jud 2:1-3, jud 3:1-4
Verse 20
WEB When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”
KJV And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
TSK when thy son: de 6:7, ex 12:26, ex 13:14, jos 4:6,7,21-24, pr 22:6
Verse 21
WEB then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s bondservants in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
KJV Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
TSK We were: de 5:6,15, de 15:15, de 26:5-9, ex 20:2, ne 9:9,10, ps 136:10-12, isa 51:1, jer 32:20,21, ro 6:17,18, eph 2:11,12; with a mighty: ex 3:19, ex 13:3
Verse 22
WEB and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
KJV And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
TSK shewed: de 4:34, ex 7:1-12, ex 14:1-31, ps 135:9; before: de 1:30, de 3:21, de 4:3, de 7:19, ps 58:10,11, ps 91:8
Verse 23
WEB and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
KJV And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
TSK to give us: de 6:10,18, de 1:8,35, ex 13:5
Verse 24
WEB Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.
KJV And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
TSK for our good: de 10:13, job 35:7,8, pr 9:12, isa 3:10, jer 32:39, mt 6:33, ro 6:21,22; he might: de 4:1,4, de 8:1,3, ps 41:2, ps 66:9, pr 22:4, ro 10:5
Verse 25
WEB It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”
KJV And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
TSK And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.: de 24:13, le 18:5, ps 106:30,31, ps 119:6, pr 12:28, eze 20:11, lu 10:28,29, ro 10:3,5,6, ga 3:12, jas 2:10