Deuteronomy 6:13
Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
In Context
14Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;
Cross References
Exodus 23:25And give worship to the Lord your God, who will send his blessing on your bread and on your water; and I will take all disease away from among you.
Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
Deuteronomy 13:4But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.
Joshua 2:12So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,
Joshua 24:14So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17
Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 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. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →