Deuteronomy 26:16
This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 6:1 introduces the command to teach these statutes, reinforcing the call to obedience here.
Deuteronomy 13:3 uses the same 'all your heart and soul' phrase, connecting the test of love for God to obedience.
Deuteronomy 12:32 adds a warning not to add or subtract from God's commands, reinforcing the call to exact obedience.
Deuteronomy 11:8 connects obedience to strength for conquering the land, linking to the blessings promised.
Deuteronomy 11:1 ties obedience to love for God, deepening the motive for keeping his commands.
Deuteronomy 6:5 uses the same 'all your heart and soul' phrase, linking wholehearted obedience to loving God.
Deuteronomy 4:1-6 expands on why Israel must keep these commands—their wisdom before the nations.
Deuteronomy 27:1 reiterates the command to keep all the commandments given in the same context.
Deuteronomy 8:2 reminds Israel that God tested their hearts to see if they would keep his commands, linking heart attitude to obedience.
In Deuteronomy 12:1, a similar command to keep statutes introduces the laws for worship in the promised land.
Deuteronomy 6:17 similarly commands diligent keeping of commandments, reinforcing the same duty of careful obedience.
Deuteronomy 13:4 commands walking after God and keeping his commandments, a direct call to obedience similar to 26:16.
John 14:15 directly links love for Jesus with keeping his commands, mirroring the OT connection between love and obedience.
John 14:21-24 expands the link between love and obedience, stating that keeping Jesus' commandments is evidence of loving him.
Matthew 28:20 echoes the call to observe all that Jesus commanded, paralleling the OT duty to keep God's statutes.
1 John 5:2 links love for God to keeping commandments, echoing the whole-hearted obedience required here.
1 John 5:3 defines love as keeping commandments, adding they are not burdensome—same heart attitude as the whole-hearted obedience here.
Psalm 119:80 prays for a blameless heart regarding God's statutes, reflecting the whole-hearted obedience commanded here.