And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to those who love him, and to those who keep his commandments;
For they bind burdens that are heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.