Deuteronomy 28:13

And Yahweh shall make you as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top [of the nations], and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I [am] commanding you {today} {and diligently observe them}.

Deuteronomy 28:1

"And it will happen [that] if you indeed listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, {to diligently observe} all his commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, then Yahweh your God will set you above all the nations of the earth.

Isaiah 9:14-15

So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.

Numbers 24:18-19

Edom will be a captive; Seir, its enemies, will be a captive, and Israel [will be] acting {courageously}.

Deuteronomy 4:6-9

And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'

Philippians 1:27

Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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Summary

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

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The head

Numbers 24:18
Edom will be a captive; Seir, its enemies, will be a captive, and Israel [will be] acting {courageously}.
Isaiah 9:14
So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.

If that thou

Deuteronomy 28:1
"And it will happen [that] if you indeed listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, {to diligently observe} all his commandments that I [am] commanding you {today}, then Yahweh your God will set you above all the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:6
And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'
Philippians 1:27
Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

General references

Deuteronomy 28:44
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be [the] head, but you shall be [the] tail.