Jos 23:11, Jer 17:21, Mal 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | Be very careful , therefore, to love the Lord your God .

a ch. 22:5

b[John 5:10]; See Neh. 13:15-19

c Matt. 19:4, 5; See Gen. 2:24

g[Ezra 9:2]

i[See ver. 10 above]

j Matt. 5:32; Mark 10:9, 11; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor. 7:10

m[See ver. 10 above]

Joshua 23:11

11 ^aBe very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

Jeremiah 17:21

21 Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and ^bdo not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

Malachi 2:15-16

15 ^cDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ^{▼▼Hebrew in it} And what was the one God ^{▼▼Hebrew the one} seeking? ^{▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?} ^gGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ⁱfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For ^jthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her, ^{▼▼Hebrew who hates and divorces} says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers ^{▼▼Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers} his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and ^mdo not be faithless.”