[[Deuteronomy 5|<< Deuteronomy 5]] | [[Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] | [[Deuteronomy 7|Deuteronomy 7 >>]] ### 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: ^1 2 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. ^2 3 ¶ 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 has promised thee, in the land that flows with milk and honey. ^3 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God _is_ one LORD: ^4 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ^5 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ^6 7 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. ^7 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. ^8 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. ^9 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, ^10 11 And houses full of all good _things_, which thou filledst not, and wells dug, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; ^11 12 _Then_ beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. ^12 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. ^13 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which _are_ round about you; ^14 15 (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. ^15 16 ¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted _him_ in Massah. ^16 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded thee. ^17 18 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 swore unto thy fathers, ^18 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD has spoken. ^19 20 _And_ when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What _mean_ the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you? ^20 21 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: ^21 22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: ^22 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers. ^23 24 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. ^24 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us. ^25