Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. New Living Translation You must diligently obey the commands of the LORD your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you. English Standard Version You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Berean Standard Bible You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you. King James Bible Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. New King James Version You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. New American Standard Bible You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His provisions and His statutes which He has commanded you. NASB 1995 “You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. NASB 1977 “You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. Legacy Standard Bible You should diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. Amplified Bible You shall diligently keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively do] the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. Christian Standard Bible Carefully observe the commands of the LORD your God, the decrees and statutes he has commanded you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Carefully observe the commands of the LORD your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you. American Standard Version Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. Contemporary English Version Always obey the laws that the LORD has given you English Revised Version Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be sure to obey the commands of the LORD your God and the regulations and laws he has given you. Good News Translation Be sure that you obey all the laws that he has given you. International Standard Version Be sure to observe the commands of the LORD your God, his testimonies and his decrees that he gave you. Majority Standard Bible You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you. NET Bible Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe. New Heart English Bible You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. World English Bible You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou diligently keep the commands of your God YHWH, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you, Young's Literal Translation ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee, Smith's Literal Translation Watching, ye shall watch the commands of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his laws that he commanded thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKeep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee. Catholic Public Domain Version Keep the precepts of the Lord your God, as well as the testimonies and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you. New American Bible But keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and the decrees and the statutes he has commanded you. New Revised Standard Version You must diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his decrees, and his statutes that he has commanded you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But keep the commandments of LORD JEHOVAH your God and his testimonies and his laws that He commanded you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt by all means keep the commands of the Lord thy God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Greatest Commandment…16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah. 17You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you. 18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,… Cross References John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Psalm 119:4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. 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, Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” James 1:22-25 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ... Exodus 19:5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. Proverbs 3:1-2 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. 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 22:31 You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. Matthew 5:19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him Treasury of Scripture You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Deuteronomy 6:1,2 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: … Deuteronomy 11:13,22 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, … Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Jump to Previous Care Commanded Commandments Commands Decrees Diligently Laws Orders Rules Statutes Stipulations Sure TestimoniesJump to Next Care Commanded Commandments Commands Decrees Diligently Laws Orders Rules Statutes Stipulations Sure TestimoniesDeuteronomy 6 1. The end of the law is obedience3. An exhortation thereto 20. What they are to teach their children You are to diligently keep The phrase "diligently keep" is derived from the Hebrew word "shamar," which means to guard, watch over, or preserve. This implies an active, intentional effort to observe God's commandments. In the historical context of ancient Israel, this was not merely a passive adherence but a vigilant, wholehearted commitment to God's laws. The Israelites were called to be a people set apart, and this required a conscientious effort to live according to God's standards. For the modern believer, this serves as a reminder of the importance of actively engaging with God's Word and living it out in daily life. the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has commanded you Hebrew You are to diligentlyשָׁמ֣וֹר (šā·mō·wr) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to keep תִּשְׁמְר֔וּן (tiš·mə·rūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the commandments מִצְוֺ֖ת (miṣ·wōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4687: Commandment of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and the testimonies וְעֵדֹתָ֥יו (wə·‘ê·ḏō·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness and statutes וְחֻקָּ֖יו (wə·ḥuq·qāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute He has commanded you. צִוָּֽךְ׃ (ṣiw·wāḵ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Links Deuteronomy 6:17 NIVDeuteronomy 6:17 NLT Deuteronomy 6:17 ESV Deuteronomy 6:17 NASB Deuteronomy 6:17 KJV Deuteronomy 6:17 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 6:17 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 6:17 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 6:17 French Bible Deuteronomy 6:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 6:17 You shall diligently keep the commandments (Deut. 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