Deuteronomy 6:5

Deuteronomy 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• New International Version (NIV)Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Context of Deuteronomy 6:5

3Therefore listen, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly [in numbers], as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. 4“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one [the only God]! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being]. 6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be [written] on your heart and mind. 7You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:5 word by word

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• with all thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and with all thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and with all thy mightמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:5

• Deuteronomy 10:12“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being],
• Deuteronomy 11:13“It shall come about, if you listen obediently and pay attention to My commandments which I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being]—
• Deuteronomy 30:6“And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants [that is, He will remove the desire to sin from your heart], so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live [as a recipient of His blessing].
• Matthew 22:37And Jesus replied to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
• Mark 12:30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul (life), and with all your mind (thought, understanding), and with all your strength.’
• Luke 10:27And he replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
• 1 John 5:3For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
• 2 Kings 23:25Before him there was no king like Josiah who turned to the Lord with all his heart and all his soul and all his might, in accordance with all the Law of Moses; nor did anyone like him arise after him.
• Matthew 10:37“ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
• John 14:20On that day [when that time comes] you will know for yourselves that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou shalt love the Lord, etc. - Here we see the truth of that word of the apostle, 1 Timothy 1:5; : Now the End of the Commandment is Love out of a pure heart, etc. See the whole of the doctrine contained in this verse explained on Matthew 22:36-40; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Since there is but One God, and that God is Israel‘s God, so Israel must love God unreservedly and entirely. The “heart” is mentioned as the seat of the understanding; the “soul” as the center of will and personality; the “might” as representing the outgoings and energies of all the vital powers. The New Testament itself requires no more than this total self-surrender of man‘s being to his maker Matthew 22:37. The Gospel differs from the Law not so much…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-5Verses 4-5 Here is a brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience. Jehovah our God is the only living and true God; he only is God, and he is but One God. Let us not desire to have any other. The three-fold mention of the Divine names, and the plural number of the word translated God, seem plainly to intimate a Trinity of persons, even in this express declaration of the unity of the Godhead. Happy those who have this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5love the LORD: See study note on Joshua 23:11. The words heart … soul … strength represent the mind, will, emotions, spirituality, and physical being. In other words, they refer to all that a person is and can do for God. This commandment is central to God’s covenant with Israel (see Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 6:5

• Affections
• Blessing
• Commandments
• Duty
• Frontlets
• Heart
• Law
• Love
• Obedience
• Phylactery
• Quotations and Allusions
• Spirituality

In the dictionaries

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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Phylacteries
• Tempt
• Catechist; Catechumen
• Commandment, the New

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings