Deuteronomy 6:15
For the Lord your God is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at some time, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from the face of the earth.
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In Context
14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.
16You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Numbers 32:10And being angry, the Lord swore an oath, saying:
Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 7:4For she will seduce your son, so that he will not follow me, and so that he will instead serve foreign gods. And the fury of the Lord will be enraged, and he will quickly destroy you.
Joshua 23:12But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you, and to mix with them by marriage, and to join with them by friendship,
1 Kings 13:34And for this reason, the house of Jeroboam sinned, and was uprooted, and was wiped from the face of the earth.
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 →