Deuteronomy 11:8-17
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"You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may o be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess,
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and p that you may live long in the land q that the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, r a land flowing with milk and honey.
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For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables.
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s But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven,
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a land that the Lord your God cares for. t The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
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"And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, u to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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v he will give the rain for your land in its season, w the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.
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x And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and y you shall eat and be full.
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Take care z lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and a serve other gods and worship them;
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then b the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he c will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and d you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:6 - 7
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
Joshua 1:6 - 7
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:18
Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.
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Deuteronomy 4:40
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
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Genesis 50:24
And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Deuteronomy 8:7
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills.
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1 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
Jeremiah 24:6
I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Leviticus 26:4
Then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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Job 29:23
They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
Jeremiah 5:24
They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord ; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
Joel 2:23
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
James 5:7
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
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Psalms 104:14
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
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Deuteronomy 6:11
And houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant - and when you eat and are full.
Joel 2:19
The Lord answered and said to his people, "Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
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Job 31:27
And my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand.
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Deuteronomy 11:28
And the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.
Deuteronomy 6:14
You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you -
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Deuteronomy 6:15
For the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God - lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
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1 Kings 8:35
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2 Chronicles 6:26
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2 Chronicles 7:13
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Deuteronomy 28:23 - 24
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Leviticus 26:19 - 20
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Amos 4:7
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Zechariah 14:17
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Revelation 11:6
They have the power to shut the sky, that no ra...
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Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 30:18
I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.
Joshua 23:15 - 16
But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the Lord your God has given you.
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