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Deuteronomy 4:2 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 4 · verse 2 · King James Version
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.Deuteronomy 4:2 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 4:2 in context
1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Cross references
- Proverbs 30:6
- Deuteronomy 12:32
- Revelation 22:18-19
- Joshua 1:7
- Matthew 5:18
- Galatians 3:15
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- diminishgâraʻto scrape offH1639 →
- commandtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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