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Deuteronomy 6:24

And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good continually, that he might preserve us alive, as it is this day.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

In Context

23and he brought us out thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers.

25And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:4but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 8:1Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.

Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Psalms 41:2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Psalms 66:9Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Proverbs 22:4The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

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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