Deuteronomy 13:18
in Deuteronomy 13because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
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ASV
when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
KJV
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands
on Deuteronomy 13:17-18
The devoted thing is the spoil of verse 16, and Joshua 7:1 shows Achan taking of it and the LORD's anger burning against all Israel. The chapter that ordered three executions ends on mercy, compassion and multiplying, the oath sworn to the fathers at Genesis 22:17.
This site's exposition
because you obey the LORD
Verse 18 states the condition for the mercy of verse 17, obedience to every commandment given that day. The chapter began at verse 3 with the words Israel must refuse to hear and ends on the voice Israel must obey. Clarke calls the whole trial a test of faith.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,.... Not only in this case, but in all others: to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day: the repetition of which he made unto them, and enjoined the observance of them in the name of the Lord: to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God; which they would do, if they kept the commandments of the Lord, which are holy, just, and good, and must be right in his sight because commanded by him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Certain men, the children of Belial--lawless, designing demagogues (Jud 19:22; 25:25), who abused their influence to withdraw the inhabitants of the city to idol-worship.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תִשְׁמַ֗ע | tishma' | you will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקוֹל֙ | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לִשְׁמֹר֙ | lishmor | to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִצְוֹתָ֔יו | mitzvotav | commandments his | H4687 → | 181 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֖ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֔ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֖י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
תִשְׁמַ֗עyou will listen
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
בְּקוֹל֙to [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
לִשְׁמֹר֙to keep
lishmorH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מִצְוֹתָ֔יוcommandments his
mitzvotavH4687 →181 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לַעֲשׂוֹת֙to do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֔רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֖יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ סGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
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
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
it leads to
- Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 2:13
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.
- Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- James 1:22
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Luke 11:28
Through
Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
it leads to
- Luke 6:47–49
I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
- John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- Luke 6:47–49
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.
