Deuteronomy 28:47

New International Reader's Version

You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:8

But the people of Jerusalem will be brought under his control. Then they will learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”

Psalm 100:2

Worship the Lord with gladness. Come to him with songs of joy.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful at the special place he will choose for his Name. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites living in your towns. So should the outsiders and widows living among you. And so should the children whose fathers have died.