Deuteronomy 6:25

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

In Context

24And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

Psalms 78:7So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

Psalms 119:6Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

Ezekiel 18:9And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

Luke 10:28And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

Romans 10:5For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:18-25

A Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1451.) 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 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 sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the… Read the whole commentary →

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