The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Deuteronomy 22:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Let the mother go, taking only the young for yourself, in order that it may go well with you and you may live long. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall surely let the mother bird go, and take only the young, that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. American Standard Version (1901) thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. Common English Bible You must let the mother go, though you may take the young for yourself so that things go well for you and so you can prolong your life. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time. |
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
But you shall not slaughter, from the herd or the flock, an animal with its young on the same day.
“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof; otherwise you might have bloodguilt on your house, if anyone should fall from it.
Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.