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13 You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

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Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say,

‘You must worship the Lord your God
    and serve only him.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:8 Deut 6:13.

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:8 Deut. 6:13

10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,

‘You must worship the Lord your God
    and serve only him.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10 Deut 6:13.

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan!(A) For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:10 Deut. 6:13

20 You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.

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20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him.(A) Hold fast(B) to him and take your oaths in his name.(C)

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Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.

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It is the Lord your God you must follow,(A) and him you must revere.(B) Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast(C) to him.

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12 “Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord.

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12 “‘Do not swear falsely(A) by my name(B) and so profane(C) the name of your God. I am the Lord.

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16 And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’ (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.

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16 And if they learn(A) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(B)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(C)—then they will be established among my people.(D)

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16 All who invoke a blessing or take an oath
    will do so by the God of truth.
For I will put aside my anger
    and forget the evil of earlier days.

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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23 I have sworn by my own name;
    I have spoken the truth,
    and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
    and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 45:23 Hebrew will confess; Greek version reads will declare allegiance to God. Compare Rom 14:11.

23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.(E)

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11 But the king will rejoice in God.
    All who swear to tell the truth will praise him,
    while liars will be silenced.

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11 But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,(A)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.(B)

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A Call to Love and Obedience

12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.

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Fear the Lord

12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you(A) but to fear(B) the Lord your God, to walk(C) in obedience to him, to love him,(D) to serve the Lord(E) your God with all your heart(F) and with all your soul,(G)

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Then when you swear by my name, saying,
    ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
you could do so
    with truth, justice, and righteousness.
Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world,
    and all people would come and praise my name.”

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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12 “Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

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12 “Now then, please swear to me(A) by the Lord that you will show kindness(B) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign(C)

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