Deuteronomy 6:10-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:4-16

Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deut. 6:4, 5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they write it in their phylacteries, and think themselves not only obliged to say it at least twice every day, but very happy in being so obliged, having this saying among them, Blessed are we, who every morning and evening say, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. But more blessed are we if we duly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:10

And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land ,.... The land of Canaan, on the borders of which they now were, and were just going into: which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee ; of his own free favour and good will, without any merit and desert of theirs, and in which would be found great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not ; large and capacious, delightfully situated, well built, and strongly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:11

And houses full of all good things which thou filledst not ,.... Not only full of good, convenient, and rich household furniture, but of the fruits of the earth, of corn, and wine, and oil, and also, perhaps, of gold and silver: and wells digged which thou diggedst not ; which in those hot and dry countries were in much esteem, and of great worth; see Genesis 26:18 , vineyards and olive trees which thou plantedst not ; which Canaan abounded with much more than Egypt, where there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:12

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord ,.... To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; Proverbs 30:9 . which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage ; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: Exodus 20:2 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:12

Beware lest thou forget the Lord - In earthly prosperity men are apt to forget heavenly things. While the animal senses have every thing they can wish, it is difficult for the soul to urge its way to heaven; the animal man is happy, and the desires of the soul are absorbed in those of the flesh. God knows this well; and therefore, in his love to man, makes comparative poverty and frequent affliction his general lot. Should not every soul therefore magnify God for this lot in life? "Before I... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:10

Verse 10 10.And it shall be, when the Lord thy God. Since wealth and prosperity for the most part blind men’s minds, so that they do not sufficiently attend to modesty and moderation, but rather grow wanton in their lusts, and intoxicate themselves with pleasures, God prescribes against this error by anticipation. For not without cause does he admonish them to beware lest they forget God, when they shall have been liberally and luxuriously treated by Him, but because he knew this to be a common... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 6:10-25

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger;(1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and(2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors.The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

The power of love (6:1-25)No matter how strong their determination to do right, the people would be unable to keep God’s law unless they first had a strong and genuine love for God himself. Love for him would give them the inner power to walk in his ways (6:1-5). As well as keeping God’s commandments themselves, they had to teach their children to do likewise. Their family life was to be guided by the knowledge of God’s law. Their house was to be known as a place where people loved God’s law... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 6:10

Abraham, &c. Note inclusion of all three patriarchs. See note on Deuteronomy 1:8 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 6:12

LORD = Jehovah. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, add "thy God". bondage. Hebrew bondmen, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for their bondage. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:4-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 6:10-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 6:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 6:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 6:12

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