Deuteronomy 5:29

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Summary

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

O that there

Keep all

That it might

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Bible References

O that there

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ's behalf, "Be reconciled to God!"

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

Keep all

You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.

But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

That it might

Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.

Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number -- as the Lord, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord's sight.

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He says, "I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms." He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out -- he will be blessed in what he does.

General references

and all the people answered together, "All that the Lord has commanded we will do!" So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord.

The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him."

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."