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Deuteronomy 10:20

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

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ASV

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.

KJV

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
תִּירָ֖אti.Ra'you will fearH3372 →
אֹת֣וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853 →
תַעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.Vodyou will serveH5647 →
וּב֣וֹu.Voand to him
תִדְבָּ֔קtid.Bakyou will cleaveH1692 →
וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹu.vish.Moand in name hisH8034 →
תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ti.sha.Ve.a'you will swear oathsH7650 →

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1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”Exodus 23:25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.Deuteronomy 13:4You 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.Luke 4:8But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”Deuteronomy 11:22For 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—2 Kings 18:6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.Isaiah 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”Joshua 23:8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Deuteronomy 6:2so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

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