Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Deuteronomy 12:32

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

KJV

Quod præcipio tibi, hoc tantum facito Domino : nec addas quidquam, nec minuas.

Vulgate

Πᾶν ῥῆμα ὃ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, τοῦτο φυλάξῃ ποιεῖν· οὐ προσθήσεις ἐπ’ αὐτό, οὐδὲ ἀφελεῖς ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

ASV

What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

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Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

My child, him that speaketh to thee the word of God remember night and day; and thou shalt honour him as the Lord. For in the place whence lordly rule is uttered, there is the Lord. Thou shalt not forsake the commandments of the Lord, but keep what thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking away therefrom.
Q. What do we do that is good? A. Only that which arises out of true faith, conforms to God's law, and is done for his glory; and not that which is based on what we think is right or on established human tradition.
We believe that this Holy Scripture contains the will of God completely and that everything one must believe to be saved is sufficiently taught in it. For since the entire manner of service which God requires of us is described in it at great length, no one—even an apostle or an angel from heaven, as Paul says—ought to teach other than what the Holy Scriptures have already taug…
For the instruction and memory of man, God has given his law, which is expressed in the Decalogue, and which holy men of God before Moses had received from the tradition of the fathers. We teach that in this law the will of God is explained to us: what he wills and what he does not will, what is good and just and what is evil and unjust. We therefore confess that the law is goo…

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:17 — All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
  • 2Kgs 17:37 — And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
  • Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  • Deut 4:2 — Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  • Deut 5:32 — Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Deut 11:32 — And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
  • Deut 13:18 — When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 13:18 — When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 19:9 — If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside thes
  • Exod 35:29 — The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand
  • Ezek 44:5 — And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws
  • Gal 1:9 — As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
  • Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
  • Jer 26:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; di
  • Josh 1:7 — Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma
  • Josh 1:7 — Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou ma
  • Josh 11:15 — As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Josh 23:6 — Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
  • Judg 13:14 — She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
  • Lev 8:36 — So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
  • Lev 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
  • Luke 2:39 — And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
  • Mark 7:7 — Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Matt 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
  • Matt 15:9 — But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Num 1:54 — And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
  • Prov 4:27 — Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
  • Prov 30:6 — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Prov 30:6 — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Ps 119:4 — Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
  • Rev 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
  • Rev 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: