Deuteronomy 4:40

New American Bible - revised edition

And you must keep his statutes and commandments which I command you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you forever. Cities of Refuge.

Cross References

Psalm 105:45

That they might keep his statutes and observe his teachings. Hallelujah!

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 23:26

no woman in your land will be barren or miscarry; and I will give you a full span of life.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him;

Isaiah 65:20

No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, nor anyone who does not live a full lifetime; One who dies at a hundred years shall be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred shall be thought accursed.

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your ancestors the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that iron furnace, saying: Listen to my voice and do all that I command you. Then you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 35:18

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Since you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your father, kept all his commands and done everything he commanded you,

Jeremiah 7:23

This rather is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper.

Jeremiah 7:7

only then will I let you continue to dwell in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors long ago and forever.

Leviticus 22:31

Be careful to observe my commandments. I am the Lord.

Numbers 10:29

Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place concerning which the Lord has said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will be generous toward you, for the Lord has promised prosperity to Israel.”

John 14:15

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

Ephesians 6:3

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.”

Deuteronomy 11:9

and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat of it, that you and your children after you may prosper for doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to heed all these words I command you today, that you and your descendants after you may forever prosper for doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord, your God. Warning Against Abominable Practices.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You must let the mother go, taking only her brood, in order that you shall prosper and have a long life.

Deuteronomy 25:15

But use a full and just weight, a full and just ephah, so that you may have a long life on the land the Lord, your God, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Moses Looks upon Canaan.

Deuteronomy 33:25

May the bolts of your gates be iron and bronze; may your strength endure through all your days!

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

In your observance of the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I am commanding you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.

Deuteronomy 4:5

See, I am teaching you the statutes and ordinances as the Lord, my God, has commanded me, that you may observe them in the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Observe them carefully, for this is your wisdom and discernment in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “This great nation is truly a wise and discerning people.”

Deuteronomy 5:10

but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Would that they might always be of such a mind, to fear me and to keep all my commandments! Then they and their descendants would prosper forever.

Deuteronomy 5:33

but following exactly the way that the Lord, your God, commanded you that you may live and prosper, and may have long life in the land which you are to possess.

Deuteronomy 6:18

Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and you may enter in and possess the good land which the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly; for the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. The Great Commandment.

1 Timothy 4:8

for, while physical training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future.