Doctrine and Covenants 20: 19

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 20

19 And gave unto them commandments that they should ^alove and ^bserve him, the only ^cliving and true ^dGod, and that he should be the only being whom they should worship.

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19a	Deut. 11: 1. 1 Therefore thou shalt ^alove the Lord thy God, and keep his ^bcharge, and his statutes, and his ^cjudgments, and his commandments, alway. Mosiah 2: 4. 4 And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had ^aappointed just men to be their ^bteachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the ^cland of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to ^dkeep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with ^elove towards God and all men. Moro. 10: 32. 32 Yea, ^acome unto Christ, and be ^bperfected in him, and ^cdeny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and ^dlove God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be ^eperfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God. D&C 59: 5 (5-6) 5 Wherefore, I give unto them a commandment, saying thus: Thou shalt ^alove the Lord thy God with all thy ^bheart, with all thy might, mind, and strength; and in the name of Jesus Christ thou shalt ^cserve him. Moses 7: 33. 33 And unto thy brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should ^alove one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they ^bhate their own blood; TG God, Love of. TG Love.
b	Deut. 6: 13 (13-15) 13 Thou shalt ^afear the Lord thy God, and ^bserve him, and shalt ^cswear by his name. D&C 4: 2. 2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the ^aservice of God, see that ye ^bserve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand ^cblameless before God at the last day. TG Duty. TG Obedience.
c	Ps. 42: 2. 2 My soul ^athirsteth for God, for the ^bliving God: when shall I come and appear before God? Dan. 6: 26. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the ^aliving God, and ^bstedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be ^cdestroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 1 Thes. 1: 9. 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from ^aidols to serve the ^bliving and true God; Alma 5: 13. 13 And behold, he ^apreached the word unto your fathers, and a mighty change was also wrought in their hearts, and they humbled themselves and put their ^btrust in the true and ^cliving God. And behold, they were faithful until the ^dend; therefore they were saved. Alma 7: 6. 6 But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship ^aidols, but that ye do worship the true and the ^bliving God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come. D&C 14: 9. 9 Behold, I am ^aJesus Christ, the ^bSon of the ^cliving God, who ^dcreated the heavens and the ^eearth, a ^flight which cannot be hid in ^gdarkness;
d	Deut. 6: 14. 14 Ye shall not go after ^aother ^bgods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; TG Worship.