Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. New Living Translation “You must love the LORD your God and always obey his requirements, decrees, regulations, and commands. English Standard Version “You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. Berean Standard Bible You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. King James Bible Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. New King James Version “Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always. New American Standard Bible “You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. NASB 1995 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. NASB 1977 “You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall therefore love Yahweh your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments all your days. Amplified Bible “Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. Christian Standard Bible “Therefore, love the LORD your God and always keep his mandate and his statutes, ordinances, and commands. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, love the LORD your God and always keep His mandate and His statutes, ordinances, and commands. American Standard Version Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway. Contemporary English Version The LORD is your God, so you must always love him and obey his laws and teachings. English Revised Version Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. GOD'S WORD® Translation Love the LORD your God, and do what he wants you to do. Always obey his laws, rules, and commands. Good News Translation "Love the LORD your God and always obey all his laws. International Standard Version "Therefore love the LORD your God and be very careful to keep his injunctions, statutes, ordinances, and commands all the time. Majority Standard Bible You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. NET Bible You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times. New Heart English Bible Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his instructions, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. World English Bible Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“And you have loved your God YHWH, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, [for] all the days; Young's Literal Translation 'And thou hast loved Jehovah thy God, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, all the days; Smith's Literal Translation And love thou Jehovah thy God, and watch his watches and his laws and his judgments and his commands, all the days. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore love the Lord thy God and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments at all times. Catholic Public Domain Version “And so, love the Lord your God, and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments, at all times. New American Bible Love the LORD, your God, therefore, and keep his charge, statutes, ordinances, and commandments always. New Revised Standard Version You shall love the LORD your God, therefore, and keep his charge, his decrees, his ordinances, and his commandments always. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHEREFORE you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his precepts, his statutes, his judgments, and his commandments, always. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Love LORD JEHOVAH your God and keep his charge and his laws and his judgments and his commandments for all days. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep His charge, and His statutes, and His ordinances, and His commandments, alway. Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and shalt observe his appointments, and his ordinances, and his commandments, and his judgments, always. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Obedience and Discipline1You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 2Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;… Cross References John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Joshua 22:5 But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, Exodus 20:6 but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. Nehemiah 1:5 Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: Psalm 119:47-48 I delight in Your commandments because I love them. / I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. 2 John 1:6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. Leviticus 19:37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.” Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Psalm 103:17-18 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— / to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts. 1 Kings 8:61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.” Treasury of Scripture Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, Deuteronomy 30:16-20 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it… keep Leviticus 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. Zechariah 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. his statutes Deuteronomy 4:1,5,40 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… Deuteronomy 6:1 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: Psalm 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. Jump to Previous Alway Always Charge Commandments Commands Continually Decisions Decrees Instructions Judgments Kept Love Orders Ordinances Requirements Statutes WorshipJump to Next Alway Always Charge Commandments Commands Continually Decisions Decrees Instructions Judgments Kept Love Orders Ordinances Requirements Statutes WorshipDeuteronomy 11 1. Another exhortation to obedience2. by their own experience of God's great works 8. by promise of God's great blessings 16. and by threatenings 18. A careful study is required in God's words 26. The blessing and curse set before them You shall therefore love the LORD your God This command emphasizes the centrality of love in the relationship between God and His people. The Hebrew word for love here, "ahav," implies a deep, covenantal loyalty and affection. This love is not merely emotional but involves commitment and obedience. The call to love God is foundational in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-5), which Jesus cites as the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37). The love for God is a response to His love and faithfulness, as demonstrated in the deliverance from Egypt and the giving of the Law. and always keep His charge His statutes His ordinances and His commandments Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and commandments to the Israelites. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God, receiving instructions on how to live in obedience to God. 3. Promised Land The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are preparing to enter, contingent on their obedience to God's laws. 4. Mount Sinai The place where God originally gave the law to Moses, establishing the covenant with Israel. 5. Covenant The agreement between God and Israel, requiring their obedience in exchange for His blessings. Teaching Points Love as the FoundationLoving God is the foundation of our relationship with Him. It is not merely an emotional response but a commitment to live according to His will. Obedience as an Expression of Love True love for God is demonstrated through obedience to His commandments. Our actions reflect our devotion. Holistic Commitment The call to keep God's charge, statutes, ordinances, and commandments suggests a comprehensive commitment to His ways in every aspect of life. Covenant Relationship Understanding our relationship with God as a covenant helps us see the importance of faithfulness and the blessings that come from obedience. Consistency in Faith The word "always" indicates the need for consistency in our walk with God, not just in moments of convenience or crisis.XI. (1) Therefore.--There is no break here in the original. "The Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God." And keep his charge.--Literally, keep his keeping, i.e., all that is to be kept in obedience to Him. Alway.--Literally, all the days. (Comp. "I am with you all the days" in Matthew 28:20) Israel must not omit one day in keeping the charge of Jehovah, for "He that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep." Verse 1. - His charge; what he has appointed to be observed and done (cf. Leviticus 8:35; Numbers 1:53); more fully explained by his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You shall therefore loveוְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ (wə·’ā·haḇ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and always כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every keep וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·šā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to His charge, מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ (miš·mar·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function His statutes, וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו (wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute His ordinances, וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו (ū·miš·pā·ṭāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and His commandments. וּמִצְוֺתָ֖יו (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4687: Commandment Links Deuteronomy 11:1 NIVDeuteronomy 11:1 NLT Deuteronomy 11:1 ESV Deuteronomy 11:1 NASB Deuteronomy 11:1 KJV Deuteronomy 11:1 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 11:1 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 11:1 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 11:1 French Bible Deuteronomy 11:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:1 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God (Deut. 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