Deuteronomy 30
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"Now a it shall come to pass, when b all these things come upon you, the blessing and the c curse which I have set before you, and d you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you,
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"and you e return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,
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f "that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and g gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you.
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h "If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you.
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"Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
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"And i the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
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"Also the LORD your God will put all these j curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
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"And you will k again obey the voice of the LORD and do all His commandments which I command you today.
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l "The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again m rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers,
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"if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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"For this commandment which I command you today n is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
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o "It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?'
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"Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?'
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"But the word is very near you, p in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
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"See, q I have set before you today life and good, death and evil,
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"in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
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"But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
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r "I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.
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s "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that t I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
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"that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your u life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
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Leviticus 26:40
But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me.
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Deuteronomy 28:2
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
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Deuteronomy 28:15 - 45
But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice
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Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there you will seek the LORD your God,...
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress, and all these things ...
Nehemiah 1:9
'but if you return to Me, and keep My commandme...
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unright...
Lamentations 3:40
Let us search out and examine our ways, And tur...
Joel 2:12
"Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me wi...
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Psalms 106:45
And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Lamentations 3:22
Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:32
Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.
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Psalms 147:2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Jeremiah 32:37
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
Ezekiel 34:13
And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known - wood and stone.
Nehemiah 1:9
'but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.'
Isaiah 62:11
Indeed the LORD has proclaimed To the end of the world: "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.'
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Deuteronomy 10:16
Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.
Jeremiah 32:39
Then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
Ezekiel 11:19
Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.
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Isaiah 54:15 - 17
Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; Those who plunder you shall become plunder, And all who prey upon you I will make a prey.
Jeremiah 30:20
Their children also shall be as before, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all who oppress them.
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Zephaniah 3:20
At that time I will bring you back, Even at the time I gather you; For I will give you fame and praise Among all the peoples of the earth, When I return your captives before your eyes," Says the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 28:11
And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
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Deuteronomy 28:63
And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.
Jeremiah 32:41
'Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.'
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Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek Me in vain'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?
Romans 10:6 - 8
But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down from above )
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Romans 10:8
But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
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Deuteronomy 30:1
Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you.
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 8:19
Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
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Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.