Deuteronomy 4:40

New Century Version

Obey his laws and commands that I am giving you today so that things will go well for you and your children. Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you forever.

Cross References

Psalm 105:45

This was so they would keep his orders and obey his teachings. Praise the Lord!

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.

Exodus 23:26

None of your women will have her baby die before it is born, and all women will have children. I will allow you to live long lives.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner might do a hundred evil things and might live a long time, I know it will be better for those who honor God.

Isaiah 65:20

There will never be a baby from that city who lives only a few days. And there will never be an older person who doesn’t have a long life. A person who lives a hundred years will be called young, and a person who dies before he is a hundred will be thought of as a sinner.

Jeremiah 11:4

that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like a furnace for melting iron!’ I told them, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you. Then you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 35:18

Then Jeremiah said to the Recabites, “This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the commands of your ancestor Jonadab and have followed all of his teachings; you have done everything he commanded.’

Jeremiah 7:23

I also gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Do all that I command so that good things will happen to you.

Jeremiah 7:7

If you do these things, I will let you live in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

Leviticus 22:31

“Remember my commands and obey them; I am the Lord.

Numbers 10:29

Hobab was the son of Reuel the Midianite, who was Moses’ father-in-law. Moses said to Hobab, “We are moving to the land the Lord promised to give us. Come with us and 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 commands.

Ephesians 6:3

“Then everything will be well with you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 11:9

Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.

Deuteronomy 12:25

If you don’t eat it, things will go well for you and your children, because you will be doing what the Lord says is right.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all the rules I am giving you so that things will always go well for you and your children, and you will be doing what the Lord your God says is good and right.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You may take the young birds, but you must let the mother bird go free. Then things will go well for you, and you will live a long time.

Deuteronomy 25:15

You must have true and honest weights and measures so that you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 32:47

These should not be unimportant words for you, but rather they mean life for you! By these words you will live a long time in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to take as your own.”

Deuteronomy 33:25

Your gates will have locks of iron and bronze, and you will be strong as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, listen to the laws and commands I will teach you. Obey them so that you will live and so that you will go over and take the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Don’t add to these commands, and don’t leave anything out, but obey the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

Deuteronomy 4:5

Look, I have taught you the laws and rules the Lord my God commanded me. Now you can obey the laws in the land you are entering, in the land you will take.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Obey these laws carefully, in order to show the other nations that you have wisdom and understanding. When they hear about these laws, they will say, “This great nation of Israel is wise and understanding.”

Deuteronomy 5:10

But I will be very kind for a thousand lifetimes to those who love me and obey my commands.

Deuteronomy 5:16

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

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!

Deuteronomy 5:33

Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.

Deuteronomy 6:18

Do what the Lord says is good and right so that things will go well for you. Then you may go in and take the good land the Lord promised to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Listen, Israel, and carefully obey these laws. Then all will go well for you, and you will become a great nation in a fertile land, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.

1 Timothy 4:8

Training your body helps you in some ways, but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too.