Deuteronomy 10:12 “And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear…”

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

World English Bible

Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

American Standard Version

And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Geneva Bible 1599

And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, and to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?

Darby Translation

Young's Literal Translation

'And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

Bible in Basic English

And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

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Cross references

“what doth”

Micah 6:8 Jeremiah 7:22 Jeremiah 7:23 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:30 1 John 5:3

Micah 6:8 · BSB

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Jeremiah 7:22 · BSB

For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

Jeremiah 7:23 · BSB

but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

Matthew 11:29 · BSB

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:30 · BSB

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

1 John 5:3 · BSB

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

“fear”

Deuteronomy 6:13 Psalm 128:1 Psalm 34:9 Acts 9:31 Jeremiah 32:39 Jeremiah 32:40

Deuteronomy 6:13 · BSB

Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

Psalm 128:1 · BSB

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

Psalm 34:9 · BSB

Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Acts 9:31 · BSB

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

“to walk”

Deuteronomy 5:33 Joshua 22:5 Psalm 81:13 Ezekiel 11:20 Titus 2:11 Titus 2:12

Deuteronomy 5:33 · BSB

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Joshua 22:5 · BSB

But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him…

Psalm 81:13 · BSB

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

Ezekiel 11:20 · BSB

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Titus 2:11 · BSB

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Titus 2:12 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

“love”

Deuteronomy 6:5 Luke 10:27 Deuteronomy 11:13 Mark 12:29–33 Matthew 22:37 Deuteronomy 30:16

Deuteronomy 6:5 · BSB

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Luke 10:27 · BSB

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Deuteronomy 11:13 · BSB

So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Mark 12:29–33 · BSB

Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Matthew 22:37 · BSB

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Deuteronomy 30:16 · BSB

For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land tha…

“to serve”

Zephaniah 3:9 Hebrews 12:28 Job 36:11 Romans 1:9

Zephaniah 3:9 · BSB

For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Hebrews 12:28 · BSB

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

Job 36:11 · BSB

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

Romans 1:9 · BSB

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

“God with all”

Deuteronomy 4:29

Deuteronomy 4:29 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

Read Deuteronomy 10