Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike,

“But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below – there is no other!

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

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ And in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’ because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,

He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!” So they ate a meal together.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”

Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.