Deuteronomy 6: | 5: “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” |
Matthew 22: | 36: “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37: Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38: This is the first and great commandment.” |
Deuteronomy 11: | 13: “And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,”
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Deuteronomy 11: | 22: “For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;”
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Deuteronomy 13: | 1: “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2: And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3: Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4: Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.” |
Joshua 22: | 5: “But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” |
John 14: | 21: “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
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1 John 2: | 4: “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
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1 John 5: | 2: “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3: For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” |
John 14: | 15: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
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Leviticus 19: | 18: “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.” |
Matthew 22: | 36: “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37: Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38: This is the first and great commandment. 39: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” |
You will learn a lot about true love for God and neighbour when you study
Yahweh's law. It is the divine formula for true love. If, with His help, you
seek to practice it, you will be well on your way to “loving the LORD
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might ...
and thy neighbour as thyself.” Those who reject Yahweh's law are
heading for disaster. That is what the Almighty says to all the peoples of the
world. Here is His sobering warning.
Jeremiah 6: | 18: “Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19: Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.” |