Deuteronomy 6:15
Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:
16Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
Numbers 32:10And he swore in his anger, saying:.
Deuteronomy 4:24Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 7:4For she will turn away thy son from following me, that he may rather serve strange gods, and the wrath of the Lord will be kindled, and will quickly destroy thee.
Joshua 23:12But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships:
1 Kings 13:34And for this cause did the house of Jeroboam sin, and was cut off and destroyed 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 →