Catholic Public Domain Version

Deuteronomy 6:13-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.

14. You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.

15. For the Lord your God is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at sometime, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from the face of the earth.

16. You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.

17. Keep the precepts of the Lord your God, as well as the testimonies and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.

18. And do what is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may be well with you, and so that, when you enter, you may possess the excellent land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers