Deuteronomy 6:25

And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the plains of Moab, concluding the covenant renewal discourse before they cross the Jordan.

The words — The Hebrew sequence וּצְדָקָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶה־ לָ֑נוּ (u-tzedakah tih-yeh-lanu) translates to "and righteousness will be ours," immediately followed by the conditional clause כִּֽי־ נִשְׁמֹ֨ר לַ/עֲשׂ֜וֹת (ki-nishmor la-'asot), "because we will take care to observe."

The thread — The link between obedience and righteousness appears in Deuteronomy 24:13 and is later addressed in Romans 10:3 regarding human attempts to establish righteousness.

Why it lands — The verse states that careful observance of God's commandments constitutes righteousness, requiring readers to evaluate whether their standing before God depends on divine instruction rather than self-derived merit.

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The Hebrew words

וּצְדָקָ֖הu./tze.da.Kahand/ righteousness תִּֽהְיֶה־tih.yeh-it will belongלָּ֑נוּLa./nuto/ usכִּֽי־ki-that נִשְׁמֹ֨רnish.Morwe will take care לַעֲשׂ֜וֹתla./'a.Sotto/ observe אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all הַמִּצְוָ֣הha./mitz.Vahthe/ commandment הַזֹּ֗אתha./Zot<the>/ this לִפְנֵ֛יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei./nuGod/ our כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka./'a.Sherjust/ as צִוָּֽנוּ׃ סtzi.Va./nuhe commanded/ us

King James Version

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 24:13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Leviticus 18:5 Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Romans 10:5 For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
James 2:10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Psalms 106:30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Psalms 119:6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Proverbs 12:28 There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
Luke 10:28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Ezekiel 20:11 And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.