Deuteronomy 5:10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Cross-reference
In Deuteronomy 6:5, the command to love God wholeheartedly is the core expression of the love mentioned in 5:10.
Deuteronomy 6:6 internalizes the commands on the heart, directly aligning with keeping God’s commandments from 5:10.
Deuteronomy 10:12 summarizes God’s requirement: fear, walk, love, serve — reinforcing the love and obedience from 5:10.
Deuteronomy 10:13 explicitly states keeping commandments as God’s requirement, echoing the same call in 5:10.
In Deuteronomy 7:9, the same promise is restated nearly verbatim, reinforcing that God keeps covenant with those who love and obey Him.
In 1 John 5:3, loving God is explicitly defined as keeping his commandments, echoing the condition for receiving God's steadfast love.
In 1 John 5:2, the same link between loving God and obeying commandments appears, now applied to identifying love for God's children.
In John 15:14, Jesus defines friendship as doing what He commands, paralleling the love and obedience in 5:10.
Jeremiah 32:18 directly quotes Deut 5:9-10's language of steadfast love and repaying iniquity to children.
Daniel 9:4 quotes Deut 5:10's phrase about God's covenant love to those who love and keep his commandments.
In John 14:15, Jesus directly links love for Him with keeping His commandments, mirroring the pairing in 5:10.
John 14:21-23 elaborates on love and obedience, promising the Father’s love — a New Testament echo of 5:10.
In Exodus 34:7, the exact phrase 'keeping steadfast love for thousands' appears, revealing the source of the promise in Deut 5:10.
Isaiah 1:16-19 calls for repentance and promises blessing for obedience, echoing Deut 5:10's promise to those who keep commandments.
James 1:25 blesses doers of the law, aligning with the promise to those who keep God’s commandments in 5:10.
In Psalm 103:8, the same divine attribute 'abounding in steadfast love' is praised, echoing the basis of God's mercy in Deut 5:10.
In Exodus 34:6, God reveals His character as 'abounding in steadfast love' — the same attribute Deut 5:10 says He shows to those who love Him.