Deuteronomy 5:32 “So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are no…”

Deuteronomy 5:32

So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

World English Bible

You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.

American Standard Version

Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Geneva Bible 1599

Take heede therefore, that ye doe as the Lord your God hath commanded you: turne not aside to the right hand nor to the left,

Darby Translation

Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Young's Literal Translation

'And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside — right or left;

Bible in Basic English

Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

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Cross references

“observe”

Deuteronomy 8:1 Deuteronomy 11:32 Deuteronomy 24:8 Ezekiel 37:24 Deuteronomy 6:3 Deuteronomy 6:25

Deuteronomy 8:1 · BSB

You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Deuteronomy 11:32 · BSB

be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

Deuteronomy 24:8 · BSB

In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

Deuteronomy 6:3 · BSB

Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Deuteronomy 6:25 · BSB

And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

“ye shall not”

Proverbs 4:27 Joshua 23:6 Joshua 1:7 Deuteronomy 17:20 Deuteronomy 28:14 Deuteronomy 12:32

Proverbs 4:27 · BSB

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

Joshua 23:6 · BSB

Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

Joshua 1:7 · BSB

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Deuteronomy 17:20 · BSB

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

Deuteronomy 28:14 · BSB

Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 12:32 · BSB

See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

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

In context

31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

33You 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.

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