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Exodus 20:6

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And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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  1. Deuteronomy 7:9Rank 1 from verse 6
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    9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

  2. 1 John 5:3Rank 2 from verse 6
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    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  3. John 14:21Rank 3 from verse 6
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

  4. Jeremiah 32:39–40Rank 4 from verse 6
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    39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

    40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

  5. Acts 2:39Rank 5 from verse 6
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    39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

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Exodus 20:6

COMBINED MEANING

shewing

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Showing, revealing, displaying, demonstrating, declaring, telling, proving, making known, or actively presenting something to view or understanding.

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

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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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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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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20:1AND God spake all these words, saying,

20:2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

20:8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

20:9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

20:10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

20:11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

20:12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

20:13Thou shalt not kill.

20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

20:15Thou shalt not steal.

20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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