Deuteronomy 30:20 “and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Hi…”

Deuteronomy 30:20

and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

World English Bible

to love the LORD your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

American Standard Version

to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Geneva Bible 1599

By louing the Lord thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou mayest dwell in the lande which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue them.

Darby Translation

in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him — for this is thy life and the length of thy days — that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Young's Literal Translation

to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He [is] thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'

Bible in Basic English

In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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Cross references

“love”

Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 30:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Deuteronomy 11:22

Deuteronomy 10:12 · BSB

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,

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…

Deuteronomy 30:6 · BSB

The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

Deuteronomy 11:22 · BSB

For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

“cleave”

Deuteronomy 10:20 Joshua 23:8 Deuteronomy 4:4 Acts 11:23 Romans 12:9

Deuteronomy 10:20 · BSB

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

Joshua 23:8 · BSB

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Deuteronomy 4:4 · BSB

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

Acts 11:23 · BSB

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

“thy life”

John 17:3 John 14:6 Acts 17:25 Acts 17:28 Psalm 66:9 Psalm 36:9

John 17:3 · BSB

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

John 14:6 · BSB

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 17:25 · BSB

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Acts 17:28 · BSB

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Psalm 66:9 · BSB

He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

Psalm 36:9 · BSB

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

“thou mayest”

Deuteronomy 4:40 Deuteronomy 5:16 Deuteronomy 11:9 Deuteronomy 12:10

Deuteronomy 4:40 · BSB

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Deuteronomy 5:16 · BSB

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 11:9 · BSB

and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 12:10 · BSB

When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

Also

Deuteronomy 6:5

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.

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

In context

19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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