Deuteronomy 6:15
for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
16Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
Numbers 32:10And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying:
Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 7:4For he will turn away thy son from following Me, that they may serve other gods; so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He will destroy thee quickly.
Joshua 23:12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
1 Kings 13:34And by this thing there was sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off 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 →