⁵ Love^(A) the Lord your God with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^(C)

Fear the Lord

¹² And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you^(A) but to fear^(B) the Lord your God, to walk^(C) in obedience to him, to love him,^(D) to serve the Lord^(E) your God with all your heart^(F) and with all your soul,^{(G) 13} and to observe the Lord’s commands^(H) and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?^(I)

¹³ So if you faithfully obey^(A) the commands I am giving you today—to love^(B) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul^(C)— ¹⁴ then I will send rain^(D) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,^(E) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. ¹⁵ I will provide grass^(F) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.^(G)

¹⁶ Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.^{(H) 17} Then the Lord’s anger^(I) will burn against you, and he will shut up^(J) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,^(K) and you will soon perish^(L) from the good land the Lord is giving you.