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

“Therefore you are to love Adonai your God and keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances and His mitzvot at all times. 2And you should know this day that it was not your children who knew or saw the discipline of Adonai your God—His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm; 3His signs and the deeds He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore thou shalt loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• his chargeמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• and his statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• and his judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• alwayיוֹםyôm · day: alwaysH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:1

• Deuteronomy 6:5Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 10:12“So now, O Israel, what does Adonai your God require of you, but to fear Adonai your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Deuteronomy 30:16What I am commanding you today is to love Adonai your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His mitzvot, statutes and ordinances. Then you will live and multiply, and Adonai your God will bless you in the land you are going in to possess.
• Psalms 116:1I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries.
• Leviticus 8:35You are to stay at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days, and keep Adonai’s command, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.”
• Zechariah 3:7‘Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then you will judge My House and watch over My courts and I will give you a place to walk among these standing here.
• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and possess the land that Adonai the God of your fathers is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and ordinances that Adonai your God commanded to teach you to do in the land you are crossing over to possess—
• Psalms 105:45so that they might keep His statutes and observe His laws. Halleluyah!
• Luke 1:74rescued fearlessly from the hand of our enemies—to serve Him,

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Act
• Coast
• Tread
• Alway; Always
• Deuteronomy
• Hosea
• 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