Exodus 20:6
and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:37For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power,
Deuteronomy 7:9And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations,
Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.
John 14:21Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”
Romans 11:28Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.
1 John 5:3For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →