Deuteronomy 16:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives 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

He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

Ezekiel 18:5

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

Ezekiel 18:9

walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances —he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord God.

Micah 6:8

He has showed you, O man, 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 that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

Deuteronomy 16:21

“You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make.

Deuteronomy 4:1

“And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.