Deuteronomy 6:7 (LSB)

Passage

You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.

Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6:8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes.

Deuteronomy 6:9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "teach", "diligently", "sons", "speak", "house", and "walk". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "teach", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "These words which I am commanding you..." into verse 8's "You shall bind them as a sign...", so "shall" and "teach" 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 "shall" and "teach" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.