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Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 6 · verse 5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Deuteronomy 6:5 · King James Version
What Deuteronomy 6:5 means
All three times, the word is all — heart, soul, might, with nothing held back in any of them. Jesus called this the first and great commandment. And look where it sits: right after hear, O Israel, so the loving follows the hearing.
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Deuteronomy 6:5 in context
3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Commentary
Cross references
- Mark 12:30
- Matthew 22:37
- Luke 10:27
- Deuteronomy 10:12
- Deuteronomy 30:6
- Deuteronomy 4:29
- 1 John 5:3
- Mark 12:33
Key words (Strong's)
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- loveʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they write it in their phylacteries, and think themselves not only obliged to say it at least twice every day, but very happy in…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-16