Deuteronomy 4:1-3

The Privileges of the Covenant

4:1 Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you. 4:3 You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.

Deuteronomy 11:32

11:32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

Deuteronomy 26:16

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

Luke 11:28

11:28 But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

John 15:14

15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.

John 15:1

The Vine and the Branches

15:1 “I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

John 4:1-2

Departure From Judea

4:1 Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John 4:2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

James 2:10

2:10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.