Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Children » Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents
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.
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.
Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.
God » To believers » To the obedient
But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"
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.
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.
the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,
You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.
If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."
This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
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.
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.
No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."
Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"
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.
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.
the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,
You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.
If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments
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.
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.
Obligation » A motive of obedience
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.
Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?
Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.
Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it. Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it? Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? read more.
You have been taught that the Lord alone is God -- there is no other besides him. From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words. Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property. Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below -- there is no other! 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.
You have been taught that the Lord alone is God -- there is no other besides him. From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words. Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property. Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below -- there is no other! 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.
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."
This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
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.
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.
No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."
Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
Unity of God » A ground for obeying him exclusively
Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below -- there is no other! 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.