Deuteronomy 31:16

Easy To Read Version

The Lord said to Moses, “You will die soon. And after you have gone to be with your ancestors, [205] these people will not continue to be faithful to me. They will break the Agreement I made with them. They will leave me and begin worshiping other gods—the false gods of the land where they are going.

Cross References

Genesis 15:15

“You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace. And you will be buried with your family.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham grew weak and died. He had lived a long and satisfying life. He died and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 47:29

The time came when Israel (Jacob) knew he would soon die, so he called his son Joseph to him. He said, “If you love me, then put your hand under my leg and make a promise. [252] Promise that you will do what I say and that you will be truthful with me. When I die, don’t bury me in Egypt.

Genesis 47:30

Bury me in the place where my ancestors [253] are buried. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in our family grave.”

2 Samuel 7:12

“When your life is finished, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. But then I will make one of your own children become the king.

1 Kings 1:21

{You must do something before you die.} If you don’t, then after you are buried with your fathers, those men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”

1 Kings 18:18

Elijah answered, “I have not caused Israel trouble. You and your father’s family caused all this trouble. You caused the trouble when you stopped obeying the Lord’s commands and began following the false gods.

1 Kings 19:10

Elijah answered, “Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you the best I can. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you. They destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets. I am the only prophet that is still living. And now they are trying to kill me!”

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God. They broke the Lord’s Agreement. They did not obey all the things that Moses the Lord’s servant commanded. The people of Israel would not listen to the Lord’s Agreement, or do the things it taught them to do.

2 Kings 20:1

At that time, Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to Hezekiah. Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “The Lord says, ‘Put your house in order, because you will die. You will not live!’”

2 Chronicles 21:11

Jehoram also built high places {\cf2\super [247]} on the hills in Judah. Jehoram caused the people of Jerusalem to stop doing what God wanted. He led the people of Judah away from the Lord.

Job 20:11

When he was young his bones were strong,\par but, like the rest of his body,\par they soon will lie in the dirt.\par

Psalm 106:39

So God’s people became dirty with the sins of those other people.\par God’s people were unfaithful to their God\par and did the things those other people did.\par

Psalm 73:27

God, people who leave you will be lost.\par You will destroy the people\par who are not faithful to you.\par

Exodus 32:6

The people woke up very early the next morning. They killed animals and offered them as burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up and had a wild party.

Exodus 34:15

“Be careful not to make any agreements with the people who live in that land. If you do this, then you might join them when they worship their gods. Those people will invite you to join them, and you will eat their sacrifices. [344]

Isaiah 48:8

“But even then,\par you didnt listen to me!\par You didn‘t learn anything!\par You refused to listen to anything\par I told you.\par I have known since the beginning\par that you would be against me.\par You have rebelled against me\par from the time you were born.\par

Jeremiah 31:32

It will not be like the Agreement I made with their ancestors. {\cf2\super [260]} I made that Agreement when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. I was their Master, but they broke that Agreement.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps those people will ask the Lord to help them. Perhaps each person will stop doing bad things. The Lord has announced that he is very angry with those people.”

Ezekiel 16:15

\{God said,\} “But you began to trust in your beauty. You used the good name you had and became unfaithful to me. You acted like a prostitute {\cf2\super [121]} with every man that passed by. You gave yourself to them all!

Hosea 1:2

This was the Lord’s first message to Hosea. The Lord said, “Go, marry a prostitute {\cf2\super [1]} that has had children as a result of her prostitution. Why? Because the people in this country have acted like prostitutes—they have been unfaithful to the Lord.”

Hosea 10:4

They make promises—but they are only telling lies. They don’t keep their promises! They make agreements \{with other countries. God does not like those agreements\}. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Leviticus 26:15

If you refuse to obey my laws and commands, then you have broken my Agreement.

Numbers 27:13

After you have seen this land, then you will die like your brother Aaron.

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

Deuteronomy 31:18

And I will refuse to help them, because they have done evil and worshiped other gods.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun [212] became fat and kicked {like a bull}. (Yes, you people were fed well! You became full and fat!) Then he left the God who made him! He ran away from the Rock who saved him.

Deuteronomy 32:50

You will die on that mountain. You will go to be with your people, the same as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor.

Deuteronomy 34:5

Then Moses, the Lord’s servant, died there in the land of Moab. The Lord had told Moses this would happen.

Deuteronomy 4:25

“You will live in the country a long time. You will have children and grandchildren there. You will grow old there. And then you will ruin your lives—you will make all kinds of idols! When you do that, you will make God very angry!

Revelation 19:2

His judgments are true and right.\par Our God has punished the prostitute. {\cf2\super [144]} \par She is the one who made the earth evil\par with her sexual sin.\par God has punished the prostitute\par to pay her for the blood (death)\par of his servants.”\par

Judges 10:13

But you left me and started worshiping other gods. So I refuse to save you again.

Judges 10:6

Again the people of Israel did things the Lord said are evil. They began worshiping the false gods Baal [93] and the Ashtoreth. [94] They also worshiped the gods of the people of Aram, the gods of the people of Sidon, the gods of the people of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistine people. The people of Israel left the Lord and stopped serving him.

Judges 2:11

So the people of Israel did evil and served the false god Baal. [16] The Lord saw the people doing this evil thing.

Judges 2:12

The Lord had brought the people of Israel out of Egypt. And the ancestors [17] of these people had worshiped the Lord. But the people of Israel quit following the Lord. The people of Israel began to worship the false gods of the people living around them. That made the Lord angry.