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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/15.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will receive this blessing if you are careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />if only you will strictly obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />only if you carefully obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />if only you listen obediently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />if only you will listen to <i>and</i> obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all these commandments which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will bless you only if you listen carefully to the LORD your God and faithfully obey all these commands I'm giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />if you obey him and carefully observe everything that I command you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Only be certain to obey the voice of the LORD your God. Carefully observe all of these commands that I'm commanding to you today. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />if only you diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Only if thou shalt carefully hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />only if you listen diligently to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Only if hearing, thou shalt hear to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to watch to do all these commands which I command thee this day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep all things that he hath ordained, and which I command thee this day, he will bless thee, as he hath promised. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But only if you heed the voice of the Lord your God, and keep to all that he has ordered, that which I am entrusting to you this day, will he bless you, just as he has promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />if you but listen to the voice of the LORD, your God, and carefully observe this entire commandment which I enjoin on you today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />if only you will obey the LORD your God by diligently observing this entire commandment that I command you today.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you will hear the voice of LORD JEHOVAH your God and you keep and do this entire commandment that I command you today.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if ye shall indeed hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge thee this day,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4373" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/15.htm">The Seventh Year</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">only</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mō·w·a‘ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">you obey</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: tiš·ma‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound."></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·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: liš·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and are careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to follow</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·wə·ḵā (V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc:: 2ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">am giving you today.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-13</a></span><br />If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a></span><br />“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: / You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a></span><br />This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1-3</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-1.htm">Proverbs 3:1-2</a></span><br />My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19</a></span><br />If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23</a></span><br />but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-5.htm">Ezekiel 18:5-9</a></span><br />Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: / He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. / He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-28.htm">Luke 11:28</a></span><br />But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-13.htm">Romans 2:13</a></span><br />For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-19.htm">1 Corinthians 7:19</a></span><br />Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Only if you carefully listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9</a></b></br> Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-15</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-15</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe <i>and</i> to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Obediently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-20.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-9.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-4.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-12.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Obediently</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-18.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-15.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-15.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-16.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">The seventh year a year of release for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">one must be generous in lending or giving</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.</a></span><br></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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Obedience to God is a central theme throughout Deuteronomy, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and His people. The Hebrew word for "obey" implies listening with the intent to act. This obedience is not merely external compliance but involves a heartfelt commitment to God's will. The call to obedience is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where obedience is valued over sacrifice. The phrase also foreshadows the New Testament teaching of Jesus, who emphasized love and obedience to God as the greatest commandments (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a>).<p><b>and are careful to follow</b><br>This part of the verse underscores the importance of diligence in observing God's laws. The Hebrew term for "careful" suggests a meticulous and intentional effort to adhere to God's instructions. This reflects the broader biblical principle that faithfulness requires vigilance and perseverance. The call to be careful is reminiscent of <a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7</a>, where Joshua is instructed to be strong and very courageous, being careful to obey all the law. This carefulness is a safeguard against the distractions and temptations that could lead Israel away from God.<p><b>all these commandments</b><br>The commandments refer to the laws given by God through Moses, which are detailed throughout the book of Deuteronomy. These laws cover various aspects of life, including worship, social justice, and personal conduct. They are designed to set Israel apart as a holy nation and to reflect God's character. The comprehensive nature of "all these commandments" indicates that partial obedience is insufficient; God requires complete adherence. This is consistent with <a href="/james/2-10.htm">James 2:10</a>, which states that whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at one point is guilty of breaking all of it.<p><b>I am giving you today</b><br>This phrase highlights the immediacy and relevance of God's commandments. The use of "today" suggests that the instructions are not just historical but are meant to be applied in the present context of the Israelites' lives. It also implies a sense of urgency and the need for immediate action. The giving of the law is a divine initiative, emphasizing that these commandments are not human inventions but are given by God Himself. This is a reminder of the ongoing nature of God's covenant, which requires continual renewal and commitment from each generation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the laws and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Ten Commandments and other laws from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and the Israelites, where they are to follow His commandments in return for His blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_a_condition_for_blessing.htm">Obedience as a Condition for Blessing</a></b><br>The verse highlights that God's blessings are contingent upon obedience. This principle is timeless and applies to believers today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_careful_obedience.htm">The Importance of Careful Obedience</a></b><br>The phrase "careful to follow" suggests diligence and intentionality in obeying God's commandments. Believers are called to be meticulous in their walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The verse underscores the covenant relationship between God and His people, where obedience is a response to God's faithfulness and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_obedience.htm">Holistic Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience is not selective but encompasses all of God's commandments. Believers are encouraged to embrace the entirety of God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_worship.htm">Obedience as Worship</a></b><br>Following God's commandments is an act of worship and reverence, reflecting a heart aligned with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_respect_and_honor_your_parents.htm">Do you respect and honor your parents?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_poverty_exist_despite_deut._15_4.htm">Deuteronomy 15:4 promises no poverty if God’s commands are followed—why did poverty still exist among Israelites historically? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_exodus_event.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15 links keeping the Sabbath to the Exodus event; what is the archaeological or historical evidence for such a large-scale event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Only if thou carefully hearken.</span>--"Then there will be none among thee in want." So Rashi expounds, in the very spirit of the passage in Acts 4.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5, 6.</span> - This blessing, though promised and certified, should come only if they were careful to observe and do all that God commanded them. The <span class="cmt_word">for</span> at the beginning of ver. 6 connects this with ver. 4. <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt lend.</span> The verb in Kal signifies to borrow on a pledge; in Hiph. to lend on a pledge, as here; it is a denominative from the Hebrew noun signifying <span class="accented">pledge</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">only</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֚ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you obey</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמ֣וֹעַ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mō·w·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and are careful</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁמֹ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(liš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to follow</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשׂוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּצְוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miṣ·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am giving you today.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְצַוְּךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ṣaw·wə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Deuteronomy 15:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 15:5 If only you diligently listen to (Deut. 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