Deuteronomy 11:17

Easy To Read Version

If you do that, then the Lord will become very angry at you. He will shut the skies, and there will be no rain. The land will not make a harvest. And you will soon die in the good land that the Lord is giving you.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”

1 Kings 8:35

“Sometimes they will sin against you, and you will stop the rain from falling on their land. Then they will pray toward this place and praise your name. You make them suffer, and they will be sorry for their sins.

2 Chronicles 6:26

“The sky might close up so that there is no rain. This will happen if the people of Israel sin against you. And if the people of Israel are sorry and pray as they look at this temple, {\cf2\super [106]} and confess your name, and stop doing their sin because you are punishing them,

2 Chronicles 7:13

When I close the sky so there is no rain, or I command the locusts to destroy the land, or I send sicknesses to my people,

Job 12:15

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Leviticus 26:19

And I will also destroy the {great cities that} make you proud. The skies will not give rain, and the earth will not produce crops. [444]

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not give any crops, and your trees will not grow their fruit.

Amos 4:7

“I also stopped the rain—and it was three months before harvest time. So no crops grew. Then I let it rain on one city, but not on another city. Rain fell on one part of the country. But on the other part of the country, the land became very dry.

Deuteronomy 31:20

I will take them into the land that I promised to give to their ancestors [206] —a land filled with many good things. [207] And they will have all they want to eat. They will have a rich life. But then they will turn to other gods and serve them. They will turn away from me and break my Agreement.

Deuteronomy 4:26

So, I am warning you now. Heaven and earth are my witnesses! If you do that evil thing, then you will quickly be destroyed! You are crossing the Jordan River now to take that land. But if you make any idols, then you will not live there very long. No, you will be completely destroyed!

Deuteronomy 6:15

The Lord your God is always with you. And the Lord hates his people worshiping other gods! So if you follow those other gods, the Lord will become very angry at you. He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 9:19

I was afraid of the Lord’s terrible anger. He was angry enough to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.