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Deuteronomy 6:6

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These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 6

Moses, in this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. It is much the same with ch. 4. I. His preface is a persuasive to obedience (Deu 4:1-3). II. He lays down the great principles of obedience. The first truth to be believed, That God is one (Deu 4:4). The first duty to be done, To love him with all our heart (Deu 4:5). III. He prescribes the means for keeping up religion (Deu 4:6-9). IV. He cautions them against those things which would be the ruin of religion - abuse of plenty (Deu 4:10-12), inclination to idolatry (Deu 4:14, Deu 4:15), and gives them some general precepts (Deu 4:13, Deu 4:16-18). V. He directs them what instructions to give their children (Deu 4:20, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 6

דָּבָר (dâbâr, H1697) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause צָוָה (tsâvâh, H6680) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to… לֵבָב (lêbâb, H3824) — the heart (as the most interior organ);

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Proverbs 7:3rank 18

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Colossians 3:16rank 18

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Jeremiah 31:33rank 16

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Deuteronomy 11:18rank 15

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

II Corinthians 3:3rank 13

It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Psalms 37:31rank 12

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Psalms 119:11rank 10

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Deuteronomy 32:46rank 10

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

Luke 8:15rank 7

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Isaiah 51:7rank 7

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

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