Deuteronomy 11:16-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:8-17

Still Moses urges the same subject, as loth to conclude till he had gained his point. ?If thou wilt enter into life, if thou wilt enter into Canaan, a type of that life, and find it a good land indeed to thee, keep the commandments: Keep all the commandments which I command you this day; love God, and serve him with all your heart.? I. Because this was the way to get and keep possession of the promised land. 1. It was the way to get possession (Deut. 11:8): That you may be strong for war, and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:18-25

Here, I. Moses repeats the directions he had given for the guidance and assistance of the people in their obedience, and for the keeping up of religion among them (Deut. 11:18-20), which is much to the same purport with what we had before, Deut. 6:6 Let us all be directed by the three rules here given:?1. Let our hearts be filled with the word of God: Lay up these words in your heart and in your soul. The heart must be the treasury or store-house in which the word of God must be laid up, to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:16

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived ,.... By observing the influence of the heavens upon the fruitfulness of the earth, and so be drawn to the worship of the host of them, the sun, moon, and stars; or by the examples of nations round about them; and by the plausible arguments they may make use of, taken from the traditions of ancestors, from antiquity, and the consent of nations, and the great numbers of worshippers, and the like: and ye turn aside ; from the true... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:17

And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you ,.... For their idolatry, nothing being more provoking to him than that, it being contrary to his nature and being, as well as to his will, and to his honour and glory: and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain ; the treasures and storehouses of it there, or the windows of it, the clouds, which when opened let it down, but when shut withhold it; the key of rain is one of the keys which the Jews say F11 Targum Jon. in Deut.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:18-20

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul ,.... Treasure up the laws of God delivered to them in their minds, retain them in their memories, and cherish a cordial affection for them; which would be an antidote against apostasy, idolatry, and other sins, Psalm 119:11 . and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes ; of this and the two following verses; see Gill on Deuteronomy 6:7 ; see Gill on Deuteronomy 6:8 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:18

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words - See Deuteronomy 6:4-8 ; (note), and Exodus 13:9 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:16

Verse 16 16Take heed to yourselves. By often inculcating the same thing, viz., that they should diligently take heed, he indirectly arraigns man’s proneness to superstition; and this too is again expressed in the words, “that your heart be not deceived;” for by them he signifies, that unless they take diligent heed to themselves, nothing will be more easy than for them to fall into the snares of Satan. Wherefore the impudence of the Papists is the less excusable, who intoxicate their own and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:18

Verse 18 18.Therefore shall ye lay up these my words. He again demands their serious attention, lest if the doctrine he propounds should be only lightly and carelessly received, it should speedily be let slip; for to lay up in, or on, the heart, is the same as to hide deeply in it; although, where the word “soul” is added, the “heart” refers to the mind, or the intellectual faculties. In fine, he commands them to have the Law not only impressed on the mind, but embraced with sincere affection.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:2-22

Obligations arising from personal experience. "Chastisement" ( Deuteronomy 11:2 ) in its wide sense of discipline. The educative process by which God converted, or aimed at converting, the hordes who left Egypt into a nation of brave, free, God-fearing, self-respecting, obedient men and women. This education blended deliverance with judgment on their enemies; loving-kindness in the bestowal of mercies, with severe chastisements in cases of rebellion; attention to their necessities, with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:10-17

The order of nature subservient to moral purposes. (For information concerning methods of irrigation in Egypt, see the Exposition, and works on the subject.) Moses here reminds the people: 1. That the land of Canaan would not require artificial irrigation, as that of Egypt had done; that it was a land specially cared for by God , who gave it the early rain after the sowing, and the latter rain before the harvest; so that there would be no occasion for them to put forth the same... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:8-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:18-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:18-20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 11:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:2-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:10-17

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