111 "You shall therefore love the Lord your God , and always e keep His charge , His statutes , His ordinances , and His commandments . 2 "Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord your God -His greatness , His mighty hand and His outstretched arm , 3 and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land ; 4 and what He did to Egypt's army , to its horses and its chariots , when He made the water of the Red e Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the Lord completely e e destroyed them; 5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place ; 6 and what He did to Dathan and Abiram , the sons of Eliab , the son of Reuben , when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households , their tents , and every living thing that followed them, among all Israel - 7 but your own eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:1-7
Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:1-7
(Read Deuteronomy 11:1-7)
Observe the connexion of these two; Thou shalt love the Lord, and keep his charge. Love will work in obedience, and that only is acceptable obedience which flows from a principle of love, 1 John 5:3. Moses recounts some of the great and terrible works of God which their eyes had seen. What our eyes have seen, especially in our early days, should affect us, and make us better long afterwards.