Deuteronomy 4:40

God's Word

Obey his laws and commands which I’m giving you today. Then things will go well for you and your descendants. You will live for a long time in the land. The Lord your God is giving you the land for as long as you live.

Cross References

Psalm 105:45

so that they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Hallelujah!

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live for a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 23:26

No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and yet live a long life. Still, I know with certainty that it will go well for those who fear God, because they fear him.

Isaiah 65:20

There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days or an old man who doesn’t live a long life. Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.

Jeremiah 11:4

I made this promise to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, which was an iron smelter. I said, “Obey me, and do everything that I have told you to do. Then you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah said to the family of Rechab, “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You obeyed the order of your ancestor Jonadab, followed all his instructions, and did exactly what he told you to do.

Jeremiah 7:23

But I did tell them this, ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Live the way I told you to live so that things will go well for you.’

Jeremiah 7:7

Then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave permanently to your ancestors long ago.

Leviticus 22:31

“Carefully obey my commands. I am the Lord.

Numbers 10:29

Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are going to the place the Lord promised to give us. Come with us. We will be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

Ephesians 6:3

that everything may go well for you, and you may have a long life on earth.” This is an important commandment with a promise.

Deuteronomy 11:9

Then you will also live for a long time in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 12:25

If you don’t eat blood, things will go well for you and your descendants. You will be doing what the Lord considers right.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be sure you obey all these instructions I’m giving you. Then things will always go well for you and your descendants because you will be doing what the Lord your God considers good and right.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You may take the chicks, but make sure you let the mother go. Then things will go well for you, and you will live for a long time.

Deuteronomy 25:15

Use accurate and honest weights and measures. Then you will live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 32:47

Don’t think these words are idle talk. They are your life! By these words you will be able to live for a long time in the land that you are going to take possession of when you cross the Jordan River.”

Deuteronomy 33:25

May the locks and bolts of your gates be made of iron and copper. May your strength last as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Israel, listen to the laws and rules I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you will live and be able to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord God of your ancestors is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Never add anything to what I command you, or take anything away from it. Then you will be able to obey the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

Deuteronomy 4:5

I have taught you laws and rules as the Lord my God commanded me. You must obey them when you’ve entered the land and taken possession of it.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Faithfully obey these laws. This will show the people of the world your wisdom and insight. When they hear about all these laws, they will say, “What wise and insightful people there are in this great nation!”

Deuteronomy 5:10

But I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:16

“Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live for a long time, and things will go well for you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they would fear me and obey all my commandments as long as they live! Then things would go well for them and their children forever.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Follow all the directions the Lord your God has given you. Then you will continue to live, life will go well for you, and you will live for a long time in the land that you are going to possess.

Deuteronomy 6:18

Do what the Lord considers right and good. Then things will go well for you, and you will enter and take possession of that good land which the Lord promised to your ancestors with an oath.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Listen, Israel, and be careful to obey these laws. Then things will go well for you and your population will increase in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord God of your ancestors promised you.

1 Timothy 4:8

Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come.