Deuteronomy 11:1

Remember and Obey

1 "Therefore, love the Lord your God and always keep His mandate and His statutes, ordinances, and commands.

Deuteronomy 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Deuteronomy 11:1 In-Context

1 "Therefore, love the Lord your God and always keep His mandate and His statutes, ordinances, and commands.

2 You must understand today that it is not your children who experienced or saw the discipline of the Lord your God: His greatness, strong hand, and outstretched arm;

3 His signs and the works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;

4 what He did to Egypt's army, its horses and chariots, when He made the waters of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, and He destroyed them completely;

5 what He did to you in the wilderness until you reached this place;