Deuteronomy 11:22
in Deuteronomy 11For 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—
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ASV
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;
KJV
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;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments
on Deuteronomy 11:22-23
Five verbs are stacked in one verse, to keep, to do, to love, to walk and to cleave, and the last of them is the word Genesis 2:24 uses of a man joined to his wife. The nations to be driven out are called greater and mightier than Israel, which is the same assessment the spies brought back at Numbers 13:31 and used as a reason to stay out. The difference the verse makes is over who does the driving.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), God will not only crown the labours of the husbandman with plenty of the fruits of the earth, but he will own and succeed the more glorious undertakings of the men of war. Victory shall attend your arms; which way soever they turn, God will drive out these nations, and put you in possession of their land,"
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For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them,.... Observe and take notice of them, even all of them, and so as not merely to have a theory or notional knowledge of them, but to put them in practice: to love the Lord your God; and show it by obeying his commands, and which is the end of the commandment, and the principle from which all obedience should flow: to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; see Deu 10:12.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| שָׁמֹ֨ר | shamor | certainly <to keep> | H8104 → | 468 times |
| תִּשְׁמְר֜וּן | tishmerun | you will keep ! | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּצְוָ֣ה | hamitzvah | the commandment | H4687 → | 181 times |
| הַזֹּ֗את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֛י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוֶּ֥ה | metzaveh | [am] commanding | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לַעֲשֹׂתָ֑הּ | laasotah | to do it | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְאַהֲבָ֞ה | leahavah | to love | H157 → | 211 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לָלֶ֥כֶת | lalekhet | to walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּרָכָ֖יו | derakhav | ways his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וּלְדָבְקָה־ | uledavekah- | and to cleave | H1692 → | 54 times |
| בֽוֹ׃ | vo | to him |
כִּי֩that
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
שָׁמֹ֨רcertainly <to keep>
shamorH8104 →468 times
תִּשְׁמְר֜וּןyou will keep !
tishmerunH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּצְוָ֣הthe commandment
hamitzvahH4687 →181 times
הַזֹּ֗את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֛יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוֶּ֥ה[am] commanding
metzavehH6680 →494 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
לַעֲשֹׂתָ֑הּto do it
laasotahH6213 →2628 times
לְאַהֲבָ֞הto love
leahavahH157 →211 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
לָלֶ֥כֶתto walk
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
דְּרָכָ֖יוways his
derakhavH1870 →707 times
וּלְדָבְקָה־and to cleave
uledavekah-H1692 →54 times
בֽוֹ׃to him
vo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
it leads to
- Matthew 19:3–9
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Ephesians 5:28–31
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mark 10:6–12
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Romans 7:2
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- 1 Peter 3:1–7
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- Matthew 19:3–9
Through
Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- Luke 4:8
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Deuteronomy 13:4
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Deuteronomy 6:13
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.