1 John 5:3

New American Bible - revised edition

For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

Cross References

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

2 John 1:6

For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, in which you should walk.

1 John 2:3

The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know, then, that the Lord, your God, is God: the faithful God who keeps covenant mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments,

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Romans 7:22

For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self,

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the Lord, my God, and confessed, “Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your covenant and show mercy toward those who love you and keep your commandments and your precepts!

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and I will write them upon their hearts. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Romans 7:12

So then the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Sin and Death.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace;

Psalm 119:140

Your servant loves your promise; it has been proved by fire.

Psalm 119:45

I will walk freely in an open space because I cherish your precepts.

Deuteronomy 5:10

but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:6

but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens [hard to carry] and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.

2 Kings 18:6

Hezekiah held fast to the Lord and never turned away from following him, but observed the commandments the Lord had given Moses.