Deuteronomy 11:1

Deuteronomy 11:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
• New International Version (NIV)Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.

Context of Deuteronomy 11:1

“You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 2Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord your God--His greatness, His mighty hand, His outstretched arm, 3and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;

Deuteronomy 11:1 word by word

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו וּמִצְוֹתָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and alwaysכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• and alwaysיוֹםyôm · day: alwaysH3117
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• His directiveמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• His statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• His ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and His commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:1

• Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 10:12“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Deuteronomy 30:16in that I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it.
• Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my pleas.
• Leviticus 8:35At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and fulfill your duty to the Lord, so that you will not die; for so I have been commanded.”
• Zechariah 3:7“The Lord of armies says this: ‘If you walk in My ways and perform My service, then you will both govern My house and be in charge of My courtyards, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.
• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,
• Psalms 105:45And that they might keep His statutes And comply with His laws; Praise the Lord!
• Luke 1:74To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Would serve Him without fear,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Thou shalt love the Lord - Because without this there could be no obedience to the Divine testimonies, and no happiness in the soul; for the heart that is destitute of the love of God, is empty of all good, and consequently miserable. See the note on Deuteronomy 10:12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The great work God wrought for Israel. (1-7) Promises and threatenings. (8-17) Careful study of God's word requisite. (18-25) The blessings and the curse set forth. (26-32) Verses 1-7 Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1Jo 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge--The reason for the frequent repetition of the same or similar counsels is to be traced to the infantine character and state of the church, which required line upon line and precept upon precept. Besides, the Israelites were a headstrong and perverse people, impatient of control, prone to rebellion, and, from their long stay in Egypt, so violently addicted to idolatry, that they ran…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 11:1

• Duty
• Love
• Miracles
• Obedience

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Alway; Always
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• Ten Commandments

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings