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Deuteronomy 15:5

in Deuteronomy 15

if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

There will be no poor among you

on Deuteronomy 15:4-6

Verse 4 says “There will be no poor among you”, and verse 5 attaches the condition, “if only you obey the LORD your God”. Verse 6 raises the promise to the scale of nations.

This site's exposition

if only you obey the LORD

The same condition opens the blessings of 28:1. Albert Barnes limits the release to loans made because of poverty, and verses 4 and 5 promise an end to that poverty through obedience.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the L ORD thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:97%@v21-23

In his word, and by his prophets; this being the case, there would be no more poor among them, or however they would be so blessed of God, that they would be capable of releasing the debts of the poor, without hurting themselves and their families: to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day; a phrase often used to put them in mind of the commands of God, and the necessity of keeping them, their temporal happiness depending thereon.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • רַ֚קonly

    rakH7535 →109 times

  • אִם־<if>

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • שָׁמ֣וֹעַcertainly [if] <listen>

    shamoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • תִּשְׁמַ֔עyou will listen

    tishma'H8085 →1159 times

  • בְּק֖וֹלto [the] voice of

    bekolH6963 →506 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֤רto take care

    lishmorH8104 →468 times

  • לַעֲשׂוֹת֙to observe

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַמִּצְוָ֣הthe commandment

    hamitzvahH4687 →181 times

  • הַזֹּ֔את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָנֹכִ֥יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you

    metzavekhaH6680 →494 times

  • הַיּֽוֹם׃this day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 28:1“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.33 worksDeuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.3 worksDeuteronomy 11:13–15So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,2 worksLeviticus 26:3–14If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,2 worksJoshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.2 worksPsalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Philippians 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,2 worksIsaiah 1:19–20If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.2 works1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.2 worksDeuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Joshua 1:7

    Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:13

      Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

    • Deuteronomy 5:32

      So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

    • Joshua 1:8

      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…

    • Proverbs 4:27

      Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

    • Joshua 11:15

      As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Through

    Psalms 19:11

    By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 119:11

      I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

    • 2 John 1:8

      Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

    • James 1:25

      But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 15 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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