Deuteronomy 6:5-12

International Standard Version

⁵ You are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. ⁶ Let these words that I’m commanding you today be always^[a] on your heart. ⁷ Teach them repeatedly to your children. Talk about them while sitting in your house or walking on the road, and as you lie down or get up. ⁸ Tie them as reminders^[b] on your forearm, bind them on your forehead,^{[c] 9} and write them on the door frames of your house and on your gates.”

Serve the Lord Only

¹⁰ “When the Lord your God brings you to the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he will give you large and beautiful cities that you didn’t build, ¹¹ houses filled with every good thing that you didn’t supply, wells that you didn’t dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you didn’t plant. When you eat and are satisfied, ¹² be careful not to forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and slavery.^[d]