Deuteronomy 4:1-2

Moses Commands Obedience

1 "And now, O Israel, listen to w the statutes and the rules 1 that I am teaching you, and do them, x that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 y You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:4
    You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:24
    And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
    Deuteronomy 8:1
    The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:32
    Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
    Joshua 1:7
    Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
    Proverbs 30:6
    Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
    Revelation 22:18 - 19
    I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
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