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Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy 10:12 · World English Bible
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  • KJV 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,
  • BSB 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,
  • NKJV “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • NASB “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • NLT “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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Quick answer

Moses asks what God requires: to fear, walk in His ways, love, and serve Him wholeheartedly. True religion is heartfelt devotion to the Lord.

Overview

This summary distills covenant obedience into fear, love, and wholehearted service of God. It shows that God desires the heart, not mere outward conformity. Jesus echoed this in the great commandment to love God with all one's being, which He alone fulfills perfectly and enables in His people by the Spirit.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 34

  • Mic 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Deut 6:5You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
  • Luke 10:27He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Deut 5:33You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
  • Deut 11:13It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • Mark 12:29–33Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
  • Matt 22:37Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
  • Jer 32:39–40and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:
  • 1 Jn 4:19–20We love him, because he first loved us.
  • Deut 30:16For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
  • Deut 4:29But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • Zeph 3:9For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on Yahweh’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
  • Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
  • Heb 12:28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
  • 1 Pet 1:15–17but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;
  • Ps 81:13Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
  • Deut 6:13You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
  • Ps 145:20Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • Ps 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
  • Ezek 11:20that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
  • Deut 30:20to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Josh 22:5Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
  • Matt 11:29–30Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Job 36:11If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
  • 1 Jn 5:5Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • Luke 11:42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
  • Ps 34:9Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
  • Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
  • 1 Jn 2:15Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
  • 1 Jn 5:2–3By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
  • Jer 7:22–23For I didn’t speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
  • Rom 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
  • Ps 18:1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

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Christ at the center

Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).

How Deuteronomy 10:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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