Love and Serve the Lord

Deuteronomy 11

1 "Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always. 2 "Know today that I do not speak with your children, who have not known and who have not seen the 1 chastening of the LORD your God, His greatness and His mighty hand and His outstretched arm - 3 "His signs and His acts which He did in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4 "what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots: a how He made the waters of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day; 5 "what He did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6 "and b what He did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the substance that was 2 in their possession, in the midst of all Israel - 7 "but your eyes have c seen every great 3 act of the LORD which He did.

8 "Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may d be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, 9 "and e that you may prolong your days in the land f which the LORD 4 swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, g 'a land flowing with milk and honey.' 5 10 "For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; 11 h "but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 "a land for which the LORD your God cares; i the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.

13 'And it shall be that if you earnestly 6 obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 'then j I 7 will give you the rain for your land in its season, k the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 l 'And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may m eat and be 8 filled.' 16 "Take heed to yourselves, n lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and o serve other gods and worship them, 17 "lest p the LORD's anger be aroused against you, and He q shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and r you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

18 "Therefore s you shall 9 lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your t soul, and u bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 v "You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 w "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 "that x your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like y the days of the heavens above the earth. 22 "For if z you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do - to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and a to hold fast to Him - 23 "then the LORD will b drive out all these nations from before you, and you will c dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves. 24 d "Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: e from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the 10 Western Sea, 11 shall be your territory. 25 "No man shall be able to f stand 12 against you; the LORD your God will put the g dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.

26 h "Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 i "the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; 28 "and the j curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 29 "Now it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the k blessing on Mount Gerizim and the l curse on Mount Ebal. 30 "Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, m beside the terebinth trees of Moreh? 31 "For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it. 32 "And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 14:28
    Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
    Psalms 106:11
    The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 16:1 - 35
    Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
    Psalms 106:16 - 18
    When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:21
    He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
    Deuteronomy 29:2
    Now Moses called all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land -
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:6
    "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
    Deuteronomy 31:7
    Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
    Deuteronomy 31:23
    Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.
    Joshua 1:6
    Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
    Joshua 1:7
    Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:40
    "You shall therefore 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 which the LORD your God is giving you for all time."
    Deuteronomy 5:16
    Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
    Deuteronomy 5:33
    You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
    Deuteronomy 6:2
    That you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
    Proverbs 10:27
    The fear of the LORD prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:5
    It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 3:8
    So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
  8. 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, that flow out of valleys and hills.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:3
    And the LORD said to him: "I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:4
    Then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
    Deuteronomy 28:12
    The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
  11. Cross References
    Joel 2:23
    Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you - The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.
    James 5:7
    Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 104:14
    He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:11
    Houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant - when you have eaten and are full -
    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.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:18
    So that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood.
    Job 31:27
    So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand.
  15. Cross References
    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.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:15
    (for the LORD your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the LORD your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.
    Deuteronomy 9:19
    For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:24
    The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
    1 Kings 8:35
    When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them.
    2 Chronicles 6:26
    When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them.
    2 Chronicles 7:13
    When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people.
  18. Cross References
    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.
    2 Chronicles 36:14 - 20
    Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:6 - 9
    And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 119:2
    Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
    Psalms 119:34
    Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:8
    You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:9
    Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
    Deuteronomy 4:10
    " especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
    Deuteronomy 6:7
    You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
    Proverbs 22:6
    Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
  23. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:9
    You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:40
    "You shall therefore 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 which the LORD your God is giving you for all time."
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 72:5
    They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.
    Psalms 89:29
    His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
    Proverbs 3:2
    For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.
    Proverbs 4:10
    Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.
    Proverbs 9:11
    For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
  26. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:1
    Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:20
    You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
  28. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:38
    Driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.
  29. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:1
    Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven.
  30. Cross References
    Joshua 1:3
    Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
    Joshua 14:9
    "So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.'
  31. Cross References
    Genesis 15:18
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates -
    Exodus 23:31
    And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
    Deuteronomy 1:7
    Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.
    Deuteronomy 1:8
    'See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers - to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - to give to them and their descendants after them.'
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:24
    And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 23:27
    I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
    Deuteronomy 2:25
    'This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'
    Joshua 2:9 - 11
    And said to the men: "I know that the LORD has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
  34. Cross References
    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 30:15
    See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
    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.
  35. Cross References
    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.
  36. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:15 - 68
    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:
  37. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 27:12
    These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
    Deuteronomy 27:13
    And these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
    Joshua 8:33
    Then all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as he who was born among them. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
  38. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 27:13 - 26
    And these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  39. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
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