Deuteronomy 29:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

This curse

Deuteronomy 29:12

Genesis 2:17

That he bless

Though i walk

Ephesians 4:17

General references

Genesis 4:11

Job 34:7

Jeremiah 11:3

Bible References

This curse

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."

That he bless

Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you -- in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you -- who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, "God won't hold me accountable; he doesn't care."

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.

Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie!

"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace," declares the sovereign Lord.'

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

Though i walk

"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

General references

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

Tell them that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.