Exodus 20:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:5

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

Psalm 103:17

But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

Exodus 34:7

Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Jeremiah 32:18

You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:

Daniel 9:4

And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;

Numbers 14:18

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

John 14:15

If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

John 14:21

He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

Acts 2:39

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 7:9

Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

James 1:12

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

1 John 4:19

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

1 John 5:3

For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

2 John 1:6

And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.