Deuteronomy 6:17

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 6:1 introduces the commandments that 6:17 calls to keep—they are the same statutes.

Deuteronomy 6:2 expands the call: keeping commandments leads to fearing God across generations.

Deuteronomy 11:13 echoes the same command to obey God's commandments with wholehearted love and service.

Deuteronomy 11:22 repeats the call to carefully keep all commandments, adding loving God and walking in His ways.

Deuteronomy 26:16 renews the command to be careful to do God's statutes with all heart and soul — a direct parallel call to diligence.

Exodus 15:26 uses identical language of diligently listening to and keeping God's statutes, linking obedience to healing.

Psalm 119:4 Allusion

Psalm 119:4 echoes the exact phrase 'diligently keep your precepts,' reinforcing the same command to obey God's word.

Joshua 22:5 Parallel

In Joshua 22:5, Joshua echoes the same command to diligently keep the commandments, applying it to the Transjordan tribes as they return home.

In 2 Kings 17:15, Israel did the opposite—despising the statutes they were commanded to keep—showing the tragic consequence of disobedience.

Psalm 119:2 Parallel

In Psalm 119:2, the psalmist pronounces blessing on those who keep God’s testimonies, matching the call to diligently obey in Deuteronomy.