1 John 5:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:6

For he clung to the Lord; he did not desist from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Psalm 119:140

Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it.

Psalm 119:45

And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.

Exodus 20:6

but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Micah 6:8

He has told you, mortal one, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 23:4

And they tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as their finger.

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.

John 15:14

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

Romans 7:12

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Romans 7:22

For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person,

Deuteronomy 5:10

but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Hebrews 8:10

“For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel After those days, declares the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.

1 John 2:3

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you are to walk in it.