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Show love to the LORD your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him, <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/11.htm">New King James Version</a> “For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and cling to Him, <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him, <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him; <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For if you are careful to keep this entire commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cling to Him, <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him— <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For if you carefully observe every one of these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, and remain faithful to him— <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For if you carefully observe every one of these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, walk in all His ways, and remain faithful to Him— <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Love the LORD your God faithfully and obey all the laws and teachings I'm giving you today. If you live the way the LORD wants, <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it; to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Faithfully obey all these commands I'm giving you. Love the LORD your God, follow all his directions, and be loyal to him. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Obey faithfully everything that I have commanded you: Love the LORD your God, do everything he commands, and be faithful to him. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> "If you carefully observe all of these commands that I'm giving you to do—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him, <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow?to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him? <a href="/net/deuteronomy/11.htm">NET Bible</a> For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the LORD your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him, <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him; <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him; <a href="/web/deuteronomy/11.htm">World English Bible</a> For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him— <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For if you diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you to do—to love your God YHWH, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him— <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you -- to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him, <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For if watching, ye shall watch all this command which I command you to do it, to love Jehovah thy God, to go in all his ways, and to cleave to him;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For if you keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him, <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For if you keep the commandments which I am entrusting to you, and if you do them, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, clinging to him, <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For if you are careful to observe this entire commandment I am giving you, loving the LORD, your God, following his ways exactly, and holding fast to him, <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you this day, and do them, and love the LORD your God, and walk in all his ways, and cleave to him; <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And if you keep all of these commandments that I command you today, and you will do them, and you will love LORD JEHOVAH your God, and you will walk in all his ways and you will cleave to him;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him, <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him; <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3430" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Remember God's Words</a> …21so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. 22<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šā·mōr (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">you carefully keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mə·rūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: ham·miṣ·wāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">commandments</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: mə·ṣaw·weh (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">am giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·ṯāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you to follow—</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: lə·’a·hă·ḇāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">to love</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">to walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">His ways,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: ū·lə·ḏā·ḇə·qāh- (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">and to hold fast</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to Him—</a> 23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5</a> But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD 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.” <a href="/joshua/23-11.htm">Joshua 23:11</a> Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. <a href="/1_kings/8-61.htm">1 Kings 8:61</a> So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.” <a href="/psalms/119-2.htm">Psalm 119:2</a> Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a> If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. <a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a> If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a> For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-38</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. <a href="/1_john/2-5.htm">1 John 2:5</a> But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: <a href="/2_john/1-6.htm">2 John 1:6</a> And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12</a> 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, <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16</a> 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. <a href="/exodus/23-22.htm">Exodus 23:22</a> But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3</a> If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to join to him;if ye shall<a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13</a> And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,<a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Deuteronomy 6:17</a> Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.to love<a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13</a> And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a> Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.<a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm">2 Timothy 4:8</a> Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.to cleave<a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Deuteronomy 10:20</a> Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.<a href="/deuteronomy/30-20.htm">Deuteronomy 30:20</a> That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.<a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a> Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-4.htm">Cleaving</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Love</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">True.</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-19.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-19.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-20.htm">Cleaving</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-3.htm">Love</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-2.htm">True.</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-9.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 11</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-1.htm">Another exhortation to obedience</a> 2. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">by their own experience of God's great works</a> 8. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">by promise of God's great blessings</a> 16. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">and by threatenings</a> 18. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">A careful study is required in God's words</a> 26. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">The blessing and curse set before them</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Deuteronomy, Moses is reiterating the covenant between God and the Israelites. The commandments refer to the laws given at Sinai, which are foundational for Israel's identity and relationship with God. Obedience is a recurring theme in Deuteronomy, highlighting the conditional nature of the blessings and curses outlined in the covenant. This call to careful observance underscores the seriousness with which God views His laws and the expectation of His people to adhere to them.I am giving you to follow Moses, as the mediator of the covenant, is the one delivering God's commandments to the people. This reflects the historical context of the Israelites on the brink of entering the Promised Land. The phrase indicates that these commandments are not merely suggestions but divine instructions meant to guide the Israelites in their new life in Canaan. The giving of the law is a gift from God, intended to set Israel apart as His chosen people.to love the LORD your God Loving God is central to the covenant relationship. This love is not merely emotional but is demonstrated through obedience and devotion. The Shema, found in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>, encapsulates this command to love God with all one's heart, soul, and strength. This love is foundational to the covenant and is echoed throughout Scripture, including in the teachings of Jesus, who identified it as the greatest commandment (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-38</a>).to walk in all His ways Walking in God's ways implies living a life that reflects His character and commands. This metaphor of walking suggests a continuous, active lifestyle of faithfulness and righteousness. It is a call to imitate God's holiness and justice, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>, where God commands His people to be holy as He is holy. This concept is further developed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to walk in the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a>).and to hold fast to Him Holding fast to God signifies a deep, unwavering commitment and loyalty. This phrase suggests a covenantal faithfulness akin to the loyalty expected in a marriage relationship. It implies trust and reliance on God alone, rejecting idolatry and other allegiances. This idea is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith (<a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a>). Holding fast to God is both a personal and communal commitment, essential for maintaining the covenant relationship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's commandments to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, receiving the law and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The place where Moses received the Ten Commandments, foundational to the laws given in Deuteronomy. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> The agreement between God and the Israelites, which includes blessings for obedience and consequences for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_an_expression_of_love.htm">Obedience as an Expression of Love</a> True love for God is demonstrated through obedience to His commandments. This is not a burdensome task but a joyful expression of our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/w/walking_in_god's_ways.htm">Walking in God's Ways</a> To walk in God's ways means to live a life that reflects His character and values. This requires daily commitment and intentionality in our actions and decisions. <a href="/topical/h/holding_fast_to_god.htm">Holding Fast to God</a> In times of trial and temptation, we are called to cling to God, trusting in His promises and faithfulness. This steadfastness is crucial for spiritual growth and perseverance. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> The commandments were given to the community of Israel, emphasizing the role of community in encouraging and supporting one another in obedience and faith. <a href="/topical/b/blessings_of_obedience.htm">Blessings of Obedience</a> While obedience is an act of love, it also brings blessings and favor from God. These blessings are both spiritual and, at times, material, as seen in the context of entering the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 11</a> <a href="/q/does_deut._11_22-23_support_god_driving_out_nations.htm">In Deuteronomy 11:22–23, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim that God would “drive out” nations from the land? </a> <a href="/q/can_humans_command_angels.htm">Can humans command angels?</a> <a href="/q/why_add_to_scripture_if_god_forbids_it.htm">Why does God forbid adding to Scripture (Deuteronomy 4:2, Revelation 22:18-19), yet Christianity later included new books in the New Testament?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_solomon_punished_for_intermarriage.htm">1 Kings 11:9-10 - Why does God punish Solomon for foreign marriages here when other biblical figures also intermarried without similar consequences?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) To walk in all his ways.--"He is compassionate, and thou shalt be compassionate. He showeth mercies, and thou shalt show mercies." Again Rashi's comment is worthy of the New Testament. What follows shows the need of a mediator.To cleave unto him.--Is it possible to speak so? Is He not "a consuming fire "? (and how can we cleave unto Him?) "But cleave unto wise men and their disciples (the students of the Law), and I tell thee it will be as though thou didst cleave unto Him." In New Testament language this would read, "Be ye followers of me, as I am of Christ;" and "He that receiveth Me, receiveth Him that sent Me."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 22-25. - If they were sedulous to keep God's commandments, and faithfully adhered to him, loving him and walking in all his ways, he would drive out before them the nations of the Canaanites, and cause them to possess the territory of nations greater and mightier than themselves. Every place on which the soles of their feet should tread should be theirs, i.e. they had but to enter the land to become possessors of it. This is more exactly defined as restricted to the land the boundaries of which are given - from the Arabian desert on the south to Lebanon on the north, and from the river Euphrates on the east to the Mediterranean on the west (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Deuteronomy 1:7</a>). From the wilderness and Lebanon; read, even unto Lebanon; הַעֶ בָנון is for עַד־הַלְּ בַנון(cf. עדהַיָּם in the end of the verse). The uttermost sea; rather, the hinder sea (<a href="/numbers/34-6.htm">Numbers 34:6</a>), the sea that lay behind one looking to the east (ver. 26; cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-24.htm">Deuteronomy 7:24</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/2-25.htm">Deuteronomy 2:25</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Exodus 23:27</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you carefully observe שָׁמֹ֨ר (šā·mōr) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these הַזֹּ֗את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, commandments הַמִּצְוָ֣ה (ham·miṣ·wāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment I אָנֹכִ֛י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I am giving מְצַוֶּ֥ה (mə·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order you to follow— לַעֲשֹׂתָ֑הּ (la·‘ă·śō·ṯāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make to love לְאַהֲבָ֞ה (lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to walk לָלֶ֥כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every His ways, דְּרָכָ֖יו (də·rā·ḵāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action and to hold fast to Him— וּלְדָבְקָה־ (ū·lə·ḏā·ḇə·qāh-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Deuteronomy 11:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:22 For if you shall diligently keep all (Deut. 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