Deuteronomy 28:1

New English Translation

“If you indeed obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 14:2

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

Psalm 111:10

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

Psalm 119:128

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. פ (Pe)

Psalm 119:6

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

Psalm 148:14

He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise – the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Exodus 15:26

He said, “If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.”

Exodus 23:22

But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

Exodus 23:25

You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.

Isaiah 1:19

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

Jeremiah 11:4

Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time, “Obey me and carry out the terms of the agreement exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 12:16

But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the Lord lives, I swear.” If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own.

Jeremiah 17:24

The Lord says, ‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

Luke 1:6

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

Luke 11:28

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Galatians 3:10

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”

Deuteronomy 11:13

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

Deuteronomy 11:27

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

Deuteronomy 15:5

if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Deuteronomy 26:19

Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.

Deuteronomy 28:13

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.