Deuteronomy 6:18

“And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord, etc.] And what is such appears from the declaration of his mind and will in the commandments he has given, and obeying which is therefore doing what is right and good; for his commandment is holy, just, and good, being agreeable both to his nature and will, ( <450712>Romans 7:12) that it may be well with thee; as it is with those that fear God, and keep his commandments: and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers; to give to them and to their posterity, even the land of Canaan; but if they did not what was right and good in the sight of God, they might expect to be kept…”

“The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger; (1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and (2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors. The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deuteronomy 7:1-11. Deuteronomy 6:13 The command “to swear by His Name” is not inconsistent with the Lord’s injunction Matthew 5:34, “Swear not at all.” Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing…”

“shalt do: Deu 8:11, Deu 12:25, Deu 12:28, Deu 13:18; Exo 15:26; Psa 19:11; Isa 3:10; Eze 18:5, Eze 18:19, Eze 18:21; Eze 18:27, Eze 33:14, Eze 33:16, Eze 33:19; Hos 14:9; Joh 8:29; Rom 12:2 that it may: Deu 4:40, Deu 5:29, Deu 5:33 Deuteronomy 6:19”