The Lord will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind.

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

But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

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

You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.

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,

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the Lord your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

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.

if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

he said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.”

“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

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

Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.