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Deuteronomy 5:29

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

KJV

Quis det talem eos habere mentem, ut timeant me, et custodiant universa mandata mea in omni tempore, ut bene sit eis et filiis eorum in sempiternum ?

Vulgate

τίς δώσει οὕτως εἶναι τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὥστε φοβεῖσθαί με καὶ φυλάσσεσθαι τὰς ἐντολάς μου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἵνα εὖ ᾖ αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν δι’ αἰῶνος;

LXX

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

ASV

מִֽי יִתֵּ֡ן וְ/הָיָה֩ לְבָבָ֨/ם זֶ֜ה לָ/הֶ֗ם לְ/יִרְאָ֥ה אֹתִ֛/י וְ/לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר אֶת כָּל מִצְוֺתַ֖/י כָּל הַ/יָּמִ֑ים לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָ/הֶ֛ם וְ/לִ/בְנֵי/הֶ֖ם לְ/עֹלָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 183×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִיטַ֥ב
yytb
verb · 111×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

1. What I have often said, I will now say, that Christ looks not so much to His own honor as to our salvation; not how He may utter some sublime saying, but how something able to draw us to Him. On which account His sublime and mighty sayings are few, and those also hidden, but the humble and lowly are many, and abound through His discourses. For since by these men were the rat…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210218.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • Deut 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon
  • Deut 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 5:33 — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
  • Deut 6:13 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
  • Deut 6:18 — And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
  • Deut 11:1 — Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
  • Deut 32:29 — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
  • Deut 32:29 — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
  • Eph 6:3 — That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
  • Exod 20:6 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
  • Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
  • Gen 6:6 — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • Isa 48:18 — O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Isa 48:18 — O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • Jer 7:23 — But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
  • Jer 22:14 — That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
  • Jer 32:39 — And 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:
  • Jer 42:3 — That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
  • Jer 42:6 — Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
  • Jer 44:4 — Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
  • John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
  • Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
  • Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • Luke 19:42 — Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
  • Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
  • Prov 17:16 — Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
  • Ps 78:7 — That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
  • Ps 81:13 — Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
  • Ps 81:13 — Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
  • Ps 107:8 — Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:4 — Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
  • Rev 3:15 — I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
  • Rev 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.