- Bible
- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 6
- Verse 13
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him,.... Serve him through fear; not through slavish fear, a fear of hell and damnation; but through filial fear, a reverential affection for that God that…
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly…
Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they…
Cambridge Bible
him shalt thou fear … serve … swear by his name Intended to cover the whole sphere of religion: the spiritual temper (on the frequent enforcement of the fear of God and its meaning see on Deu 4:10);…
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