Deuteronomy 30:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֺתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו וְחָיִ֣יתָ וְרָבִ֔יתָ וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 30:6The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that thou mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.
- Matt 22:37Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.
- Matt 22:38This is the greatest and the first commandment.
- 1 John 5:2In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commandments.
- 1 John 5:3For this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.
- Deut 6:5Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.
- John 14:21He that hath my commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
- 1 Cor 7:19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.