Deuteronomy 10:12

Translations

Modern

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Traditional

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Literal

And now, O Israel, what does YHWH your God require of you except but to fear YHWH your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Latin

Et nunc Israël, quid Dominus Deus tuus petit a te, nisi ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum, et ambules in viis ejus, et diligas eum, ac servias Domino Deo tuo in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua:

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English

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Notes

Deuteronomy 10:12–13

fear the LORD your God: This fear is not terror from fearing his anger. Instead, God wanted his people to understand their limits and how unworthy they were to be in his divine presence (see study notes on 7:21 and Proverbs 1:7).

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Fear of the Lord Pure Worship The Dangers of Sin

Related verses

Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Luke 10:27
He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Deuteronomy 5:33
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Deuteronomy 11:13
So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Mark 12:29–33
Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Matthew 22:37
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Jeremiah 32:39–40
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
1 John 4:19–20
We love because He first loved us.
Deuteronomy 30:16
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Parallels

Joshua 24:14–28

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of

Topics

Duty of Man to God Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience Fear of God: Reverence Fear of the Lord Godly Fear: Motives to The Greatness of God Heart: Renewed: It should Render to God Obedience Love of Man for God Obedience: Enjoined Risk Taking The Law of Moses: Taught the Jews: To Love and Fear God

Deuteronomy 10:12

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