Deuteronomy 6:25 (LSB)

Passage

And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, just as He commanded us.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:23 But He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’

Deuteronomy 6:24 So Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good all our days and for our survival, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 6:25 And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, just as He commanded us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "righteousness", "careful", "commandment", "before", "yahweh", "just", and "commanded". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "righteousness" and "careful", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "So Yahweh commanded us to do all...", giving immediate footing for "righteousness" and "careful". In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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