Deuteronomy 6:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our lasting good, so as to keep us alive, as is now the case.

Cross References

Psalm 41:2

The Lord protects them and keeps them alive; they are called happy in the land. You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.

Psalm 41:3

The Lord sustains them on their sickbed; in their illness you heal all their infirmities.

Psalm 66:9

who has kept us among the living and has not let our feet slip.

Exodus 20:20

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.”

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the innocent how fortunate they are, for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 10:28

And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

Romans 10:5

Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that “the person who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 4:1

“So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:4

while those of you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.

Deuteronomy 6:2

so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.

Deuteronomy 6:23

He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land that he promised on oath to our ancestors.

Deuteronomy 8:1

“The entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.