1 John 2:5
But whoever over the dvar of Him is shomer, beemes in this one the ahavas Hashem has been made shleimah. By this we have da'as that in Him we are.
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Psalms 106:3Ashrei (happy, blessed) are they who are shomrei mishpat, 1 and he that doeth tzedakah at all times. 1
Psalms 119:4Thou hast commanded us to be diligently shomer 1 over Thy pikkudim (precepts). 1
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore pay heed unto me, O ye banim; 1 for ashrei (blessed, happy) are they that are shomer over my drakhim. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso is shomer mitzvah shall meet no harm; and a lev of a chacham discerneth both et (time) and mishpat (judgment).
Luke 11:28But Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said, Aderaba (to the contrary); ashrey are the ones hearing the dvar Hashem and being shomer mitzvot! + 11:28 T.N. Notice refusal here of Moshiach to allow his Em to be given Goyishe veneration.
John 14:21The one having the mitzvot of me and being shomer mitzvot, that one is the one having ahavah for me. And the one having ahavah for me will receive ahavah from HaAv of me, and I will have ahavah for him and I will manifest myself to him.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7
The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →