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It encompasses both the physical act of watching and the spiritual act of obedience and reverence towards God's instructions.<br><br><b>Old Testament Usage</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "observe" is "shamar," which means to keep, guard, or give heed. This term is frequently used in the context of observing God's laws and commandments. For example, in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6</a> , Moses instructs the Israelites, "Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'"<br><br>The Israelites were repeatedly commanded to observe the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant between them and God. <a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Exodus 31:16</a> states, "The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a lasting covenant for the generations to come."<br><br><b>New Testament Usage</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the Greek word "tereo" is often used, which means to keep, guard, or observe. Jesus emphasized the importance of observing His teachings and commandments. In <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a> , Jesus says, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."<br><br>The early church also placed a strong emphasis on observing the teachings of Christ and the apostles. In <a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a> , the apostles and elders in Jerusalem instructed Gentile believers to "abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things."<br><br><b>Observance in Worship and Festivals</b><br><br>Observance in the context of worship and festivals is a significant theme throughout the Bible. The Israelites were commanded to observe various feasts and festivals, such as Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Tabernacles, as acts of remembrance and worship. <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm">Leviticus 23:41</a> instructs, "You are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month."<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Observance</b><br><br>Observance also extends to moral and ethical behavior. The Bible calls believers to observe justice, mercy, and humility. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> states, "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?"<br><br><b>Observance as a Reflection of Faith</b><br><br>Observance is not merely a legalistic adherence to rules but is seen as a reflection of one's faith and relationship with God. It is an outward expression of an inward commitment to God's will. <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a> exhorts believers, "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves."<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of observing encompasses a wide range of actions and attitudes, from keeping God's commandments and observing religious festivals to living out moral and ethical principles. It is a holistic approach to faith that involves both external actions and internal devotion.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.<p>4. (<I>v. i.</I>) To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">OBSERVE</span><p>ob-zurv' (representing various words, but chiefly shamar, "to keep," "to watch" etc.): Properly means "to take heed to," as in <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Isaiah 42:20</a>, "Thou seest many things, but thou observest not" and from this sense all the usages of the word in English Versions of the Bible can be understood. Most of them, indeed are quite good modern usage (as "observe a feast," <a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Exodus 12:17</a>, etc.; "observe a law" <a href="/leviticus/19-37.htm">Leviticus 19:37</a>, etc.), but a few are archaic. So <a href="/genesis/37-11.htm">Genesis 37:11</a>, the King James Version "His father observed the saying" (the Revised Version (British and American) "kept the saying in mind"); <a href="/hosea/13-7.htm">Hosea 13:7</a>, "As a leopard.... will I observe them" (the Revised Version (British and American) "watch"); <a href="/jonah/2-8.htm">Jonah 2:8</a>, "observe lying vanities" (the Revised Version (British and American) "regard," but "give heed to" would be clearer; compare <a href="/psalms/107-43.htm">Psalm 107:43</a>). Still farther from modern usage is <a href="/hosea/14-8.htm">Hosea 14:8</a>, "I have heard him, and observed him" (the Revised Version (British and American) "will regard"; the meaning is "care for"); and <a href="/mark/6-20.htm">Mark 6:20</a>, "For Herod feared John.... and observed him" (the Revised Version (British and American) "kept him safe"). In the last case, the King James Version editors seem to have used "to observe" as meaning "to give reverence to."<br><br>Observation is found in <a href="/luke/17-20.htm">Luke 17:20</a>, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation" (meta paratereseos). The meaning of the English is, "so that it can be observed," but the exact force of the underlying Greek ("visibly"? "so that it can be computed in advance"?) is a matter of extraordinary dispute at the present time.<br><br>See <a href="../k/kingdom.htm">KINGDOM OF GOD</a>.<br><br>Burton Scott Easton<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3906.htm"><span class="l">3906. paratereo -- to watch closely, to <b>observe</b> scrupulously</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to watch closely, to <b>observe</b> scrupulously. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> paratereo Phonetic Spelling: (par-at-ay-reh'-o) Short Definition: I watch <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3906.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/333.htm"><span class="l">333. anatheoreo -- to <b>observe</b> carefully</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>observe</b> carefully. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anatheoreo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (an-ath-eh-o-reh'-o) Short Definition: I look at attentively, consider <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/333.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4934.htm"><span class="l">4934. suntithemi -- to place together, hence <b>observe</b>, agree</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to place together, hence <b>observe</b>, agree. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:<br> suntithemi Phonetic Spelling: (soon-tith'-em-ahee) Short Definition: I make an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4934.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5442.htm"><span class="l">5442. phulasso -- to guard, watch</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to guard, watch. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phulasso Phonetic Spelling:<br> (foo-las'-so) Short Definition: I keep, guard, <b>observe</b> Definition: (a) I guard <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5442.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/5083.htm"><span class="l">5083. tereo -- to watch over, to guard</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to watch over, to guard. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tereo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (tay-reh'-o) Short Definition: I keep, guard, <b>observe</b> Definition: I keep <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5083.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 10k</font><p><a href="/greek/4160.htm"><span class="l">4160. poieo -- to make, do</span></a> <br><b>...</b> have (2), have kept (1), having (1), held (1), indulging (1), keep (3), keeps (1),<br> kept (1), made (38), make (47), makes (7), making (9), <b>observe</b> (2), offer (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4160.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 14k</font><p><a href="/greek/2029.htm"><span class="l">2029. epopteuo -- to look upon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from epoptes Definition to look upon NASB Word Usage <b>observe</b> (2). <b>observe</b>.<br> From epi and a derivative of optanomai; to inspect, ie Watch -- behold. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2029.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4933.htm"><span class="l">4933. suntereo -- to keep close, ie preserve</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from sun and tereo Definition to keep close, ie preserve NASB Word Usage<br> kept...safe (1), preserved (1), treasured (1). keep, <b>observe</b>, preserve. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4933.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5426.htm"><span class="l">5426. phroneo -- to have understanding, to think</span></a> <br><b>...</b> understanding, to think. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phroneo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (fron-eh'-o) Short Definition: I think, judge, <b>observe</b> Definition: (a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5426.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/2657.htm"><span class="l">2657. katanoeo -- to take note of, perceive</span></a> <br><b>...</b> NASB Word Usage consider (4), contemplated (1), detected (1), look (1), look more<br> closely (1), looked (1), looks (1), notice (2), <b>observe</b> (1), observing (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2657.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5172.htm"><span class="l">5172. nachash -- to practice divination, <b>observe</b> signs</span></a><br><b>...</b> nachash. 5173 . to practice divination, <b>observe</b> signs. Transliteration: nachash<br> Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khash') Short Definition: divination. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5172.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7673b.htm"><span class="l">7673b. shabath -- to keep, <b>observe</b> (sabbath)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7673a, 7673b. shabath. 7674 . to keep, <b>observe</b> (sabbath). Transliteration:<br> shabath Short Definition: have. Word Origin denominative <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7673b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6213a.htm"><span class="l">6213a. asah -- do, make</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), made (369), maintain (6), maintained (1), make (200), make your ready (1), Maker<br> (13), maker (4), makes (19), making (5), obey (1), <b>observe</b> (33), <b>observe</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6213a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5341.htm"><span class="l">5341. natsar -- to watch, guard, keep</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5340b, 5341. natsar. 5342 . to watch, guard, keep. Transliteration: natsar<br> Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tsar') Short Definition: <b>observe</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5341.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm"><span class="l">8104. shamar -- to keep, watch, preserve</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), indignant (1), keep (156), keeper (8), keepers (2), keeping (10), keeps (19),<br> kept (38), kept watch (2), maintained (1), mark (2), <b>observe</b> (30), observed (6 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8104.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2287.htm"><span class="l">2287. chagag -- to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast</span></a><br><b>...</b> to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast NASB Word Usage celebrate (9), celebrate<br> a feast (3), dancing (1), keeping festival (1), <b>observe</b> (1), reeled (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2287.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7789.htm"><span class="l">7789. shur -- to behold, regard</span></a><br><b>...</b> regards (1), see (1), watch (1). behold, lay wait, look, <b>observe</b>, perceive,<br> regard, see. A primitive root (identical with shuwr through <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7789.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7673a.htm"><span class="l">7673a. shabath -- to cease, desist, rest</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), do away (1), eliminate (3), gone (1), hear...more (1), lacking (1), left you<br> without (1), made an end (1), make an end (1), no* (1), <b>observe</b> (1), <b>observe</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7673a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6049.htm"><span class="l">6049. anan -- to practice soothsaying</span></a><br><b>...</b> to cover; used only as a denominative from anan, to cloud over; figuratively, to<br> act covertly, ie Practise magic -- X bring, enchanter, Meonemin, <b>observe</b>(-r of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6049.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6822.htm"><span class="l">6822. tsaphah -- to look out or about, spy, keep watch</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to lean forward, ie To peer into the distance; by<br> implication, to <b>observe</b>, await -- behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6822.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/irenaeus/fragments_from_the_lost_writings_of_irenaeus/fragment_xxxi_observe_that_by.htm"><span class="l">Fragment xxxi. <b>Observe</b> That, by Means of the Grain of Mustard Seed <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Fragment XXXI. <b>Observe</b> that, by means of the grain of mustard seed in<br> the parable? <b>Observe</b> [4848] that, by means of the grain <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment xxxi observe that by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_xlvii_justin_communicates_with_christians.htm"><span class="l">Justin Communicates with Christians who <b>Observe</b> the Law not a Few <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XLVII."Justin communicates with Christians who <b>observe</b> the law Not<br> a few Catholics do otherwise. And Trypho again inquired <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xlvii justin communicates with christians.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_moral_virtues_observe_the.htm"><span class="l">Whether Moral virtues <b>Observe</b> the Mean?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether moral virtues <b>observe</b> the mean? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that moral virtue does not <b>observe</b> the mean. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether moral virtues observe the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_intellectual_virtues_observe.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Intellectual virtues <b>Observe</b> the Mean?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the intellectual virtues <b>observe</b> the<br> mean? <b>...</b> Therefore the intellectual virtues do not <b>observe</b> the mean. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the intellectual virtues observe.htm</font><p><a href="/library/methodius/the_writings_of_methodius_fragments/ii_observe_that_the_lord.htm"><span class="l"><b>Observe</b> that the Lord was not Wont from the Beginning to Speak <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some Other Fragments of the Same Methodius. II. <b>Observe</b> that the Lord was<br> not wont from the beginning to speak with man? <b>Observe</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../methodius/the writings of methodius fragments/ii observe that the lord.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_theological_virtues_observe.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Theological virtues <b>Observe</b> the Mean?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE MEAN OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the theological virtues <b>observe</b> the<br> mean? <b>...</b> Therefore much more does theological virtue <b>observe</b> the mean. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the theological virtues observe.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_ix_and_observe_the.htm"><span class="l">And <b>Observe</b> the Recklessness of that Expression, "For if Thou <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter IX. And <b>observe</b> the recklessness of that expression, "For if thou<br> worship any other of the? And <b>observe</b> the recklessness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter ix and observe the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-3-6_observe_the_word_self-evident.htm"><span class="l"><b>Observe</b> the Word "Self-Evident"; for There Lies the Truth of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [Way-3-6] <b>Observe</b> the word "self-evident"; for there lies the truth of<br> the matter? <b>Observe</b> the word "self-evident"; for there <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-6 observe the word self-evident.htm</font><p><a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-3-67_observe_this_proposition_viz_.htm"><span class="l"><b>Observe</b> this Proposition; viz. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [Way-3-67] <b>Observe</b> this proposition; viz.? <b>Observe</b> this proposition; viz.<br> "In God we live and have our being." Now, how easy is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-67 observe this proposition viz .htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_all_men_were_bound.htm"><span class="l">Whether all Men were Bound to <b>Observe</b> the Old Law?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE OLD LAW (SIX ARTICLES) Whether all men were bound to <b>observe</b> the Old Law?<br> Objection 1: It would seem that all men were bound to <b>observe</b> the Old Law. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether all men were bound.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/observe.htm"><span class="l"><b>Observe</b> (216 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice<br> to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to <b>observe</b> rules or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/observe.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/celebrate.htm"><span class="l">Celebrate (66 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vt) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining<br> from ordinary business; to <b>observe</b> duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/celebrate.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lasting.htm"><span class="l">Lasting (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 12:17 You shall <b>observe</b> the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day<br> have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lasting.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/observes.htm"><span class="l">Observes (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 14:6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not<br><b>observe</b> the day, to the Lord he does not <b>observe</b> it. <b>...</b> His eyes <b>observe</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/observes.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/whatsoever.htm"><span class="l">Whatsoever (167 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV ASV DBY). Matthew 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you <b>observe</b>, that<br><b>observe</b> and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/whatsoever.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/practice.htm"><span class="l">Practice (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NIV). Matthew 23:3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to <b>observe</b>,<br><b>observe</b> and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/practice.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/whatever.htm"><span class="l">Whatever (411 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 23:3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to <b>observe</b>, <b>observe</b> and<br> do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do. (WEB DBY WBS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/whatever.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unleavened.htm"><span class="l">Unleavened (51 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 12:17 You shall <b>observe</b> the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day<br> have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unleavened.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mark.htm"><span class="l">Mark (182 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 23. (vt) To notice or <b>observe</b>; to give attention to; to take note of; to<br> remark; to heed; to regard. 24. (vi) To take particular <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mark.htm - 93k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/diligently.htm"><span class="l">Diligently (85 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 44:15 and Joseph saith to them, 'What 'is' this deed that ye have done?<br> have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently <b>observe</b>?' (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/diligently.htm - 34k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Earth-Day.html">Should a Christian observe Earth Day? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Saturday-Sunday.html">What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/shabbat.html">What does shabbat mean? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/observe.htm">Observe: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Observe (216 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Matthew 6:28</a></span><br />And why are ye careful about clothing? <span class="boldtext">Observe</span> with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-3.htm">Matthew 23:3</a></span><br />All things therefore whatever they tell you to <span class="boldtext">observe</span>, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15</a></span><br />Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him <span class="boldtext">observe</span>)<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Matthew 28:20</a></span><br />teaching them to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-4.htm">Mark 7:4</a></span><br />They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-9.htm">Mark 7:9</a></span><br />"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> your own traditions!<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14</a></span><br />"As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader <span class="boldtext">observe</span> these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-28.htm">Luke 11:28</a></span><br />But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a></span><br />And he said unto them, '<span class="boldtext">Observe</span>, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Observe</span> the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-27.htm">Luke 12:27</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Observe</span> the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/14-29.htm">Luke 14:29</a></span><br />Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a></span><br />Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and <span class="boldtext">observe</span> these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-19.htm">John 12:19</a></span><br />The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "<span class="boldtext">Observe</span> how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/15-5.htm">Acts 15:5</a></span><br />But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-4.htm">Acts 16:4</a></span><br />And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. <br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-21.htm">Acts 16:21</a></span><br />and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to <span class="boldtext">observe</span>, being Romans."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Acts 17:22</a></span><br />Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-21.htm">Acts 21:21</a></span><br />Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you forbid them to circumcise their children or <span class="boldtext">observe</span> old-established customs.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-25.htm">Acts 21:25</a></span><br />But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should <span class="boldtext">observe</span> no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-39.htm">Acts 27:39</a></span><br />When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-25.htm">Romans 2:25</a></span><br />For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/14-6.htm">Romans 14:6</a></span><br />He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-12.htm">1 Corinthians 10:12</a></span><br />so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him <span class="boldtext">observe</span>, lest he fall.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/3-5.htm">Galatians 3:5</a></span><br />He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/4-10.htm">Galatians 4:10</a></span><br />You <span class="boldtext">observe</span> days, months, seasons, and years.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">Philippians 3:17</a></span><br />Brethren, vie with one another in imitating me, and carefully <span class="boldtext">observe</span> those who follow the example which we have set you.<br /><span class="source">(WEY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-21.htm">1 Timothy 5:21</a></span><br />I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you <span class="boldtext">observe</span> these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm">Hebrews 7:4</a></span><br />Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">1 Peter 2:12</a></span><br />having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/3-2.htm">1 Peter 3:2</a></span><br />seeing your pure behavior in fear. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_john/5-2.htm">1 John 5:2</a></span><br />By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/44-15.htm">Genesis 44:15</a></span><br />and Joseph saith to them, 'What 'is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently <span class="boldtext">observe</span>?'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Exodus 1:16</a></span><br />and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a></span><br />This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Exodus 12:17</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Exodus 12:24</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-25.htm">Exodus 12:25</a></span><br />It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Exodus 13:5</a></span><br />It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Exodus 23:14</a></span><br />"You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> a feast to me three times a year. <br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a></span><br />And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13</a></span><br />"Speak also to the children of Israel, saying,'Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Exodus 31:14</a></span><br />You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Exodus 31:16</a></span><br />Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Observe</span> that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a></span><br />"You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4</a></span><br />Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Leviticus 18:5</a></span><br />And ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Leviticus 18:26</a></span><br />But ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Leviticus 18:30</a></span><br />And ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-3.htm">Leviticus 19:3</a></span><br />"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a></span><br />Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor <span class="boldtext">observe</span> times.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-37.htm">Leviticus 19:37</a></span><br />"'You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/20-8.htm">Leviticus 20:8</a></span><br />And ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Leviticus 20:22</a></span><br />And ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them, that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein vomit you not out.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/22-31.htm">Leviticus 22:31</a></span><br />And ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/23-24.htm">Leviticus 23:24</a></span><br />"Speak to the children of Israel, saying,'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Leviticus 23:32</a></span><br />It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-2.htm">Leviticus 25:2</a></span><br />"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them,'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">Leviticus 25:18</a></span><br />And ye shall do my statutes, and <span class="boldtext">observe</span> mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Leviticus 26:2</a></span><br />Ye shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my sabbaths, and my sanctuary shall ye reverence: I am Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3</a></span><br />If ye walk in my statutes, and <span class="boldtext">observe</span> my commandments and do them,<br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Leviticus 26:35</a></span><br />As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Numbers 9:2</a></span><br />"Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Numbers 9:3</a></span><br />On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-4.htm">Numbers 9:4</a></span><br />Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6</a></span><br />There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10</a></span><br />"Say to the children of Israel,'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-11.htm">Numbers 9:11</a></span><br />In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Numbers 9:12</a></span><br />They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/9-13.htm">Numbers 9:13</a></span><br />But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">Numbers 15:22</a></span><br />"'When you shall err, and not <span class="boldtext">observe</span> all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/28-2.htm">Numbers 28:2</a></span><br />"Command the children of Israel, and tell them,'My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to offer to me in their due season.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12</a></span><br />"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6</a></span><br />Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">Deuteronomy 5:1</a></span><br />Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12</a></span><br />"<span class="boldtext">Observe</span> the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a></span><br />And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm; therefore Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the sabbath day.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-31.htm">Deuteronomy 5:31</a></span><br />But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1</a></span><br />Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm">Deuteronomy 6:3</a></span><br />Hear therefore, Israel, and <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Deuteronomy 6:24</a></span><br />Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-25.htm">Deuteronomy 6:25</a></span><br />It shall be righteousness to us, if we <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-1.htm">Deuteronomy 8:1</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-11.htm">Deuteronomy 8:11</a></span><br />Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22</a></span><br />For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Deuteronomy 11:32</a></span><br />You shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1</a></span><br />These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Deuteronomy 12:14</a></span><br />but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-28.htm">Deuteronomy 12:28</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Observe</span> and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Deuteronomy 12:32</a></span><br />Whatever thing I command you, that you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5</a></span><br />if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do all this commandment which I command you this day.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Observe</span> the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Deuteronomy 16:12</a></span><br />You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> and do these statutes. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13</a></span><br />Thou shalt <span class="boldtext">observe</span> the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm">Deuteronomy 17:10</a></span><br />You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> to do according to all that they shall teach you: <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-9.htm">Deuteronomy 19:9</a></span><br />if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm">Deuteronomy 23:23</a></span><br />That which is gone out of your lips you shall <span class="boldtext">observe</span> and do; according as you have vowed 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