Blessings for Obedience
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'You shall a not make idols for yourselves;
neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves;
nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it;
for I am the LORD your God.
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b You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary:
I am the LORD.
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c 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
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d then I will give you rain in its season, e the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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f Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing;
you shall eat your bread to the full, and g dwell in your land safely.
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h I will give peace in the land, and i you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid;
I will rid the land of j evil beasts,
and k the sword will not go through your land.
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You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.
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l Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight;
your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.
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'For I will m look on you favorably and n make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My o covenant with you.
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You shall eat the p old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.
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q I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
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r I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves;
I have broken the bands of your s yoke and made you walk upright.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me.
Deuteronomy 4:15 - 18
Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:8
You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
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Leviticus 19:30
You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 28:1 - 14
Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
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Isaiah 30:23
Then He will give the rain for your seed With which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed In large pastures.
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Psalms 67:6
Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.
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Deuteronomy 11:15
'And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.'
Joel 2:19
The LORD will answer and say to His people, "Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
Joel 2:26
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it.
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Cross References
Leviticus 25:18
So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.
Leviticus 25:19
Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.
Ezekiel 34:25
I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
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Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.
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Job 11:19
You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor.
Psalms 4:8
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Zephaniah 3:13
The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, And no one shall make them afraid.
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2 Kings 17:25
And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Hosea 2:18
In that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.
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Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it.
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Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?
Judges 7:7 - 12
Then the LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.
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Exodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
2 Kings 13:23
But the LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.
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Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
Psalms 107:38
He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease.
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Genesis 17:1 - 7
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
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Leviticus 25:22
And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.
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Exodus 25:8
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dw...
Exodus 29:45
I will dwell among the children of Israel and w...
Exodus 29:46
And they shall know that I am the LORD their Go...
Joshua 22:19
Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is...
Psalms 76:2
In Salem also is His tabernacle, And His dwelli...
Ezekiel 37:26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with t...
Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "B...
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Deuteronomy 23:14
For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
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Genesis 27:40
By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.
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