Deuteronomy 11:8-12

Love and Serve the Lord

⁸ "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, ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ 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, ₁ like a garden of vegetables. ¹¹ _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, ¹² 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.

1. 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.
   
2. Cross References
   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.
   
3. Cross References
   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.
   
4. Cross References
   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.
   
5. Cross References
   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.
   
6. Cross References
   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.