Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— New Living Translation “If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, English Standard Version “And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Berean Standard Bible So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, King James Bible And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, New King James Version ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, New American Standard Bible “And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, NASB 1995 “It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, NASB 1977 “And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, Legacy Standard Bible “And it will be that, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love Yahweh your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, Amplified Bible “It shall come about, if you listen obediently and pay attention to My commandments which I command you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being]— Christian Standard Bible “If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and worship him with all your heart and all your soul, Holman Christian Standard Bible If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul, American Standard Version And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Contemporary English Version The LORD your God commands you to love him and to serve him with all your heart and soul. If you obey him, English Revised Version And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, GOD'S WORD® Translation If you faithfully obey the commands that I'm giving you today, love the LORD your God, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Good News Translation "So then, obey the commands that I have given you today; love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart. International Standard Version "If you carefully observe the commands that I'm giving you today, to love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, Majority Standard Bible So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, NET Bible Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your mind and being, New Heart English Bible It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Webster's Bible Translation And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, World English Bible It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it has been, if you listen diligently to My commands which I am commanding you today, to love your God YHWH, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, Young's Literal Translation 'And it hath been -- if thou hearken diligently unto My commands which I am commanding you to-day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve Him with all your heart, and with all your soul -- Smith's Literal Translation And it was if hearing, ye shall hear to the commands which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf then you obey my commandments, which I command you this day, that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul: Catholic Public Domain Version So then, if you obey my commandments, which I am instructing to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole soul, New American Bible If, then, you truly listen to my commandments which I give you today, loving and serving the LORD, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being, New Revised Standard Version If you will only heed his every commandment that I am commanding you today—loving the LORD your God, and serving him with all your heart and with all your soul— Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if you shall hearken diligently to the commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you will hear the order that I order you today and you shall love LORD JEHOVAH your God and you shall work for him from all your heart and from all your soul: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, Brenton Septuagint Translation Now if ye will indeed hearken to all the commands which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to serve him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Great Blessings…12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year. 13So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.… Cross References 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. Matthew 22:37-38 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. 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.” Mark 12:30 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 He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Exodus 23:25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Deuteronomy 30:16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, Leviticus 26:3-4 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. 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. Psalm 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 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 And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, diligently Deuteronomy 11:8,22 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; … Deuteronomy 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. Psalm 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. to love Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Deuteronomy 6:5,6 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, Jump to Previous Command Commanding Commandments Commands Diligently Ear Hearken Heart Love Obediently Obey Orders Serve Soul Today To-DayJump to Next Command Commanding Commandments Commands Diligently Ear Hearken Heart Love Obediently Obey Orders Serve Soul Today To-DayDeuteronomy 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 So if you carefully obey The phrase "carefully obey" in Hebrew is "shamar," which means to guard, keep, or observe. This implies a diligent and intentional effort to follow God's commandments. In the ancient Near Eastern context, obedience was not merely about following rules but about maintaining a covenant relationship. The Israelites were called to be vigilant in their adherence to God's laws, reflecting a heart posture of reverence and commitment. This careful obedience is a demonstration of faith and trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty. the commandments I am giving you today to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul To love the Lord your God.--"Not that thou shouldst say, 'Behold, I am a disciple in order that I may become rich: in order that I may be called great: in order that I may receive reward; "but whatsoever ye do, do from love" (Rashi). To serve him with all your heart.--The Jewish commentator says that this refers to prayer, and compares Daniel (Deuteronomy 6:16): "Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee." There was no religious service for Israel in Babylon except prayer. The thought seems worth preserving, though the words are obviously capable of a wider application. Verse 13. - Being thus wholly dependent on God, it behooved them to be careful to attend to his commandments and to obey them, that so his blessing might be continued to them and to the laud. If they would love and serve the Lord as they were bound to do, he would give them the rain of their land, i.e. rain for their land, such as it required (cf. "rain of thy seed," Psalm 30:2, 3), in the proper season, the early and the latter rain, so that they should fully enjoy the benefits of the land.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Soוְהָיָ֗ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you carefully obey שָׁמֹ֤עַ (šā·mō·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the commandments מִצְוֺתַ֔י (miṣ·wō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment I אָנֹכִ֛י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I am giving you today, מְצַוֶּ֥ה (mə·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order to love לְאַהֲבָ֞ה (lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and to serve וּלְעָבְד֔וֹ (ū·lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave Him with all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your heart לְבַבְכֶ֖ם (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart and all וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your soul, נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ (nap̄·šə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Links Deuteronomy 11:13 NIVDeuteronomy 11:13 NLT Deuteronomy 11:13 ESV Deuteronomy 11:13 NASB Deuteronomy 11:13 KJV Deuteronomy 11:13 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 11:13 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 11:13 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 11:13 French Bible Deuteronomy 11:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:13 It shall happen if you shall listen (Deut. 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