Deuteronomy 16:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Follow what is altogether just (uncompromisingly righteous), that you may live and inherit the land which your God gives you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Righteousness! Pursue righteousness so that you live long and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ You shall justly pursue what is just, so that you may live and possess the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Thou shalt follow justly after that which is just: that thou mayst live and possess the land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

Deuteronomy 16:20 Cross References

Proverbs 11:19

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die.

Ezekiel 18:5

If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right—

Ezekiel 18:9

follows my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances, acting faithfully—such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord God.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?

Romans 10:5

Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that “the person who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 16:21

“You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God,

Deuteronomy 4:1

“So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.