Deuteronomy 6:2

New American Bible - revised edition

so that you, that is, you, your child, and your grandchild, may fear the Lord, your God, by keeping, as long as you live, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:40

And you must keep his statutes and commandments which I command you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you forever. Cities of Refuge.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Deuteronomy 13:4

do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer; for the Lord, your God, is testing you to know whether you really love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and soul.

Exodus 20:20

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and put the fear of him upon you so you do not sin.”

Psalm 128:1

A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the Lord, and who walk in his ways.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 3:16

Long life is in her right hand, in her left are riches and honor;

Job 28:28

And to mortals he said: See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.

1 Peter 1:17

Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who practice it. His praise endures forever.

Deuteronomy 10:20

The Lord, your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve; to him hold fast and by his name shall you swear.

Luke 12:5

I shall show you whom to fear. Be afraid of the one who after killing has the power to cast into Gehenna; yes, I tell you, be afraid of that one.

Proverbs 16:6

By steadfast loyalty guilt is expiated, and by the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You must let the mother go, taking only her brood, in order that you shall prosper and have a long life.

Deuteronomy 6:7

Keep repeating them to your children. Recite them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 4:10

that day you stood before the Lord, your God, at Horeb, when the Lord said to me: Assemble the people for me, that I may let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me as long as they live in the land and may so teach their children.

Genesis 22:12

“Do not lay your hand on the boy,” said the angel. “Do not do the least thing to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you did not withhold from me your son, your only one.”

Genesis 18:19

Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his children and his household in the future to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord may put into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him.

Deuteronomy 5:33

but following exactly the way that the Lord, your God, commanded you that you may live and prosper, and may have long life in the land which you are to possess.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:9

However, be on your guard and be very careful not to forget the things your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart as long as you live, but make them known to your children and to your children’s children,

Deuteronomy 6:1

This then is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances, which the Lord, your God, has commanded that you be taught to observe in the land you are about to cross into to possess,

Deuteronomy 11:9

and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Psalm 91:16

With length of days I will satisfy him, and fill him with my saving power.

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord, your God: follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances;

Deuteronomy 6:24

The Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes in fear of the Lord, our God, that we may always have as good a life as we have today.

Deuteronomy 15:5

if you but listen to the voice of the Lord, your God, and carefully observe this entire commandment which I enjoin on you today.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live,

Deuteronomy 30:20

by loving the Lord, your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

Joshua 4:24

in order that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, and that you may fear the Lord, your God, forever.”

1 Kings 8:40

So may they revere you as long as they live on the land you gave our ancestors.

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me always, for their own good and the good of their children after them.