Deuteronomy 6:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. ”

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In the land promised them they will be tempted to substitute Canaanite deities for Yahweh and to swear by them. Oaths formed part of the social and commercial fabric of the time, and they are not for...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

destroy . cut off: exterminate. Hebrew. shamad. earth. Hebrew. 'adamah, ground, cultivated land.
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. A jealous God - Jehovah has betrothed...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. (For the Lord thy God is a je...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Exhortations To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their R...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From off the face of the earth. — Literally, of the ground. Absolute extermination is threatened by the fire of His jealousy.
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6-25 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 , form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are d...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

How to Treat God's Words Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Obedience is still the one condition of true prosperity and success. Lands still flow with milk and honey; and they live long who live well. Lives ar...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening state...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are so many, beautiful repetitions of the same important precepts; and all leading to the same point, to intimate the jealousy of the LORD over his people. Reader! only pause and consider what...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you ,.... He was near to them, in the midst of them, his tabernacle being placed between their camps; and was a God jealous of his honour and glory in mat...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Ver. 15. A jealo...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is a jealous God among you Hebrew, In the midst of you; to see and observe all your ways, and your turnings aside to other gods. Ye shall not tempt Not provoke him, as the following instance ex...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions and Precepts. B. C. 1451. 4 Hear, O Israel: The L ORD our God is one L ORD...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Among you, Heb. in the midst of you , to see and observe all your ways and your turnings aside to other gods.
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Essence Of The Covenant Is Love For Yahweh And They Must Look To No One Else ( Deuteronomy 6:4-15 ). For in this is the essence of the covenant, that they might recognise Yahweh as their one...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:1-2 . Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: Th...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 6:4 . יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד, Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah. There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם mem, when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י yod is not...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt not go after other gods. The forbidden path In all our hearts there is a tendency to depart from God, to forget what He commands, “to go after what He forbids. This forbidden path is...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Emphatic Admonition
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:22 ; 1 Kings 13:34 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Amos 3:2 ; Amos 9:8 ; Deuteronomy 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 4:24 ; Deuteronomy 7:4 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 32:12 ; Genesis 7:4 ; Number...
Deuteronomy 6:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Among you — Heb. In the midst of you, to see and observe all your ways and your turnings aside to other Gods.

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 6:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 6:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes