Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
love	וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ ve.'A.hav.ta	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
keep	וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ ve.sha.mar.Ta	H8104	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
charge	מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ mish.mar.To	H4931	watch · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
statutes	וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו ve.chu.ko.Tav	H2708	an enactment · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
judgments	וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו u.mish.pa.Tav	H4941	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
commandments	וּמִצְוֹתָ֖יו u.mitz.vo.Tav	H4687	a command · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
alway	הַיָּמִֽים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy 10:12 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…
Luke 1:74-75 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Deuteronomy 30:16-20 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgmen…
Leviticus 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that y…
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chi…
Deuteronomy 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in th…
Zechariah 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Because God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude (so the preceding chapter concludes), therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (so this begins). Those whom God has built up into families, whose beginning was small, but whose latter end greatly increases, should use that as an argument with themselves why they should serve God. Thou shalt keep his charge, that is, the oracles of his word and ordinances of his worship, with which they were entrusted and for which they were accountable. It is a phrase often used concerning the office of the priests and Levites, for all Israel was a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. Observe the connection of these two: Thou shalt love the Lord…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God,.... Because he is so great and glorious in himself, and because he had done such great and good things for them, the Israelites, particularly in the multiplication of them, the last thing mentioned: and keep his charge; whatsoever the Lord had charged them to observe, even what follow: and his statutes and his judgments, and his commandments, alway; all his laws, ceremonial, judicial, and moral; and that constantly and continually, all the days of their lives.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 11:1-15

Deuteronomy 11:1-7 1. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God-- and keep his charge-- and his statutes-- and his judgments-- and his commandments-- alway. 1. Dilige igitur Jehovam Deum tuum-- et custodi custodiam ejus-- et statuta ejus-- et judicia ejus-- et praecepta ejus omnibus diebus. 2. And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known-- and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God-- his greatness-- his mighty hand-- and his stretched-out arm-- 2. Et scitote hodie-- non enim cure filiis vestris loquor-- qui non noverunt-- neque viderunt eruditionem Jehovae Dei vestri-- magnitudinem ejus-- manum ejus validam-- et brachium ejus extentum…

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Dictionary and topics

Ten Commandments — The popular name in this, as in so many instances, is not that of Scripture. There we have the “TEN WORDS,” (Exodus 34:28; 4:13; 10:4) the ”Covenant,” Ex., Deut. 11. cc.; (1 Kings 8:21; 2 Chronicles…
Duty · OF MAN TO GOD — OF MAN TO GOD
Love · OF MAN FOR GO — OF MAN FOR GO
Love To God · Commanded — Commanded
Miracles · Should produce obedience — Should produce obedience
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).