Deuteronomy 8:1

Good News Translation

“Obey faithfully all the laws that I have given you today, so that you may live, increase in number, and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord your God. Obey my laws and my commands.

Deuteronomy 1:8

All of this is the land which I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants. Go and occupy it.’”

Deuteronomy 4:1

Then Moses said to the people, “Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:32

“People of Israel, be sure that you do everything that the Lord your God has commanded you. Do not disobey any of his laws.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Obey them all, so that everything will go well with you and so that you will continue to live in the land that you are going to occupy.

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors.