Deuteronomy 28:13

Modern English Version

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only be above and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today, to observe and to do them.

Cross References

Exodus 15:26

He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will not afflict you with any of the diseases with which I have afflicted the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Jeremiah 31:7

For thus says the Lord: Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations; proclaim, praise, and say, “O  Lord, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 15:6

For the Lord your God will bless you, just as He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign over you.

Deuteronomy 26:19

He will exalt you above all nations which He has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:1

Now it will be, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The foreigner who resides with you will get up higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 28:44

He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.

Philippians 1:27

Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether or not I come and see you, I may hear of your activities, that you are standing fast in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel,