Deuteronomy 8:6

Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

In Context

5Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

7For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;

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Cross References

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!

1 Samuel 12:24Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

Psalms 128:1A Song of the going up. Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:2-10

A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and… Read the whole commentary →

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