Deuteronomy 6:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

To fear

Deuteronomy 6:2

For our good

Romans 6:21

He might

Bible References

To fear

so that you may revere Yahweh your God by keeping all his statutes and his commandments that I [am] commanding you, you and your children and {grandchildren}, all the days of your life and so you may live long [lives].

For our good

to keep the commandments of Yahweh and his statutes that I am commanding you today {for your own good}.

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and [if] you scoff, alone you shall bear [it].

Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

And I will give to them one heart and one way, to revere me {forever}, for good to them, and to their children after them.

But seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these [things] will be added to you.

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

He might

"Now, Israel, listen to the rules and to the regulations that I [am] teaching you to do, in order that you may live and you may go [in] and you may take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, [is] giving to you.

"All of the commandments that I [am] commanding you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and multiply, and you may go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors.

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

the one who has kept our soul among the living, and has not allowed our foot to slip.

The reward of humility [is] the fear of Yahweh-- wealth and honor and life.

For Moses writes about the righteousness [that is] from the law: "The person who does [this] will live by it."