'Thus' in the Bible
the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out -- thus the Lord your God will do to all the people you fear.
You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, "Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother's family line!"
Gather the people -- men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages -- so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.