Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He [a]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities (A)which you did not build, 11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—(B)when you have eaten and are full— 12 then beware, lest you forget the (C)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 You shall (D)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (E)shall take oaths in His name. 14 You shall not go after other gods, (F)the gods of the peoples who are all around you 15 (for (G)the Lord your God is a jealous God (H)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

16 (I)“You shall not [b]tempt the Lord your God (J)as you [c]tempted Him in Massah. 17 You shall (K)diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. 18 And you (L)shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 19 (M)to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 6:10 promised
  2. Deuteronomy 6:16 test
  3. Deuteronomy 6:16 tested

10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15 (for the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 19 to cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.

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