Exodus 20:6
but I show trustworthy love to the thousands of generations who love me and keep my commandments.
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In The King James Version
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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Deuteronomy 4:37Because he loved your forefathers, he chose you, their descendants. He himself led you out of Egypt by his great power,
Deuteronomy 7:9That's why you can be sure that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps his agreement based on trustworthy love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Daniel 9:4I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, saying, “Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always keep your promises and show your trustworthy love to those who love you and keep your commandments.
John 14:21Those who keep my commands are the ones who love me, those who love me will be loved by my Father. I will love them too, and will reveal myself to them.”
Romans 11:28Though they are enemies of the good news—and this is to your benefit—they are still the chosen people, and loved because of their forefathers.
1 John 5:3Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.
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 →