Deuteronomy 8:6 (ASV)

Passage

And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deuteronomy 8:5 And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

Deuteronomy 8:6 And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Deuteronomy 8:7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 8:8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "keep", "commandments", "jehovah", "walk", "ways", and "fear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And thou shalt consider in thy heart..." into verse 7's "For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into...", so "thou" and "shalt" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.