Deuteronomy 6:2

Good News Translation

As long as you live, you and your descendants are to honor the Lord your God and obey all his laws that I am giving you, so that you may live in that land a long time.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised.”

Genesis 22:12

“Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”

1 Kings 8:40

so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land which you gave to our ancestors.

Job 28:28

God said to us humans, “To be wise, you must have reverence for the Lord. To understand, you must turn from evil.”

Psalm 111:10

The way to become wise is to honor the Lord; he gives sound judgment to all who obey his commands. He is to be praised forever.

Psalm 128:1

Happy are those who obey the Lord, who live by his commands.

Psalm 91:16

I will reward them with long life; I will save them.”

Exodus 20:12

“Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

Exodus 20:20

Moses replied, “Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin.”

Proverbs 16:6

Be loyal and faithful, and God will forgive your sin. Obey the Lord and nothing evil will happen to you.

Proverbs 3:16

Wisdom offers you long life, as well as wealth and honor.

Proverbs 9:11

Wisdom will add years to your life.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord your God. Obey my laws and my commands.

Luke 12:5

I will show you whom to fear: fear God, who, after killing, has the authority to throw into hell. Believe me, he is the one you must fear!

Deuteronomy 10:20

Have reverence for the Lord your God and worship only him. Be faithful to him and make your promises in his name alone.

Deuteronomy 11:9

And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the Lord promised to give your ancestors and their descendants.

Deuteronomy 13:4

Follow the Lord and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.

Deuteronomy 15:5

if you obey him and carefully observe everything that I command you today.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You may take the young birds, but you must let the mother bird go, so that you will live a long and prosperous life.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life.

Deuteronomy 30:20

Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 4:10

about the day you stood in the presence of the Lord your God at Mount Sinai, when he said to me, ‘Assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live and so that they will teach their children to do the same.’

Deuteronomy 4:40

Obey all his laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and your descendants. You will continue to live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to be yours forever.”

Deuteronomy 4:9

Be on your guard! Make certain that you do not forget, as long as you live, what you have seen with your own eyes. Tell your children and your grandchildren

Deuteronomy 5:16

“‘Respect your father and your mother, as I, the Lord your God, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Obey them all, so that everything will go well with you and so that you will continue to live in the land that you are going to occupy.

Deuteronomy 6:1

“These are all the laws that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

Deuteronomy 6:24

Then the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these laws and to honor him. If we do, he will always watch over our nation and keep it prosperous.

Deuteronomy 6:7

Teach them to your children. Repeat them when you are at home and when you are away, when you are resting and when you are working.

Joshua 4:24

Because of this everyone on earth will know how great the Lord's power is, and you will honor the Lord your God forever.”

1 Peter 1:17

You call him Father, when you pray to God, who judges all people by the same standard, according to what each one has done; so then, spend the rest of your lives here on earth in reverence for him.