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Deuteronomy 6:4–5

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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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From verse 4

  1. Mark 12:29–32Rank 1 from verse 4
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    29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

    30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

    31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

    32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

  2. Isaiah 44:6Rank 2 from verse 4
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    6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  3. 1 Timothy 2:5Rank 3 from verse 4
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    5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

  4. Isaiah 45:5–6Rank 4 from verse 4
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    5¶ I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

    6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

  5. John 17:3Rank 5 from verse 4
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    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

From verse 5

  1. Mark 12:30Rank 1 from verse 5
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    30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

  2. Matthew 22:37Rank 2 from verse 5
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    37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

  3. Luke 10:27Rank 3 from verse 5
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    27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

  4. Deuteronomy 10:12Rank 4 from verse 5
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  5. Deuteronomy 30:6Rank 5 from verse 5
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    6And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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Deuteronomy 6:4

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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Deuteronomy 6:5

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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3¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

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5And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

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