Deuteronomy 31:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I am bringing them into the land that I promised their ancestors. It is a land rich with milk and honey, and the Israelites will have more than enough food to eat. But they will get fat and turn their backs on me and start worshipping other gods. The Israelites will reject me and break the agreement that I made with them.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:35

You blessed them with a kingdom and with an abundance of rich, fertile land, but they refused to worship you or turn from their evil.

Psalm 119:70

Those liars have no sense, but I find happiness in your Law.

Psalm 17:10

They refuse to show mercy, and they keep boasting.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes bulge with fat, and their minds are flooded with foolish thoughts.

Exodus 3:17

and I promise to lead them out of their troubles. I will give them a land rich with milk and honey, where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Exodus 3:8

and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Isaiah 6:10

“Make these people stubborn! Make them stop up their ears, cover their eyes, and fail to understand. Don't let them turn to me and be healed.”

Jeremiah 31:32

It will be different from the agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt. Although I was their God, they broke that agreement.

Jeremiah 5:28

and prosperous, but you refuse to help the poor get the justice they deserve.

Jeremiah 50:11

People of Babylonia, you were glad to rob my people. You had a good time, making more noise than horses and jumping around like calves threshing grain.

Ezekiel 34:16

to look for those that are lost and bring back the ones that wander off, to bandage those that are hurt and protect the ones that are weak. I will also slaughter those that are fat and strong, because I always do right.

Ezekiel 34:20

So I, the LORD God, will separate you strong sheep from the weak.

Hosea 13:6

I fed you till you were satisfied, then you became proud and forgot about me.

Hosea 6:7

At a place named Adam, you betrayed me by breaking our agreement.

Deuteronomy 11:16

But watch out! You will be tempted to turn your backs on the LORD. And if you worship other gods,

Deuteronomy 11:17

the LORD will become angry and keep the rain from falling. Nothing will grow in your fields, and you will die and disappear from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Pay attention, Israel! Our ancestors worshipped the LORD, and he promised to give us this land that is rich with milk and honey. Be careful to obey him, and you will become a successful and powerful nation.

Deuteronomy 7:1

People of Israel, the LORD your God will help you take the land of the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations have more people and are stronger than Israel, but when you attack them,

Deuteronomy 8:19

But I'm warning you—if you forget the LORD your God and worship other gods, the LORD will destroy you, just as he destroyed the nations you fought.

Deuteronomy 8:7

The LORD your God is bringing you into a good land with streams that flow from springs in the valleys and hills.