Deu 6:5, 17, 8:2, 13:3-4, Joh 14:15, 21-24, 1Jo 5:2-3 | ESV | STEP | You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might .

Deuteronomy 6:5

5 You ^ashall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:17

17 You shall ^bdiligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 8:2

2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you ^cthese forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, ^dtesting you ^eto know what was in your heart, ^fwhether you would keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 13:3-4

3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God ^gis testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall ^hwalk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and ⁱhold fast to him.

John 14:15

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 ^j“If you love me, you will ^kkeep my commandments.

John 14:21-24

21 ^lWhoever has my commandments and ^mkeeps them, he it is who loves me. And ⁿhe who loves me ^owill be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^pmanifest myself to him.” 22 ^qJudas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^rthat you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, ^s“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^twe will come to him and ^umake our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^vthe word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

1 John 5:2-3

2 ^wBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For ^xthis is the love of God, that we ^ykeep his commandments. And ^zhis commandments are not burdensome.