Deuteronomy 12:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.”

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BSBPD

“See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The whole thing which I am commanding you--it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 12:32 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
  2. Deuteronomy 13:18because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  3. Deuteronomy 19:9and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
  4. Joshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
  5. 2 Kings 17:37And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
  6. Proverbs 30:6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
  7. Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  8. Revelation 22:18I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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