Deuteronomy 26:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
  • Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
  • Jer 31:32-34 : 32 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord. 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean. 26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 26:16-17
    2 verses
    91%

    16 Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

    17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

  • Deut 26:19
    84%

    19 And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.

  • Deut 28:9
    83%

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • Deut 14:2
    82%

    2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 29:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

    13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 7:6
    79%

    6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 27:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

    10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

    11 That same day Moses said to the people,

  • Exod 19:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

    18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • 2 Sam 7:24
    76%

    24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
    76%

    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • Josh 23:8
    75%

    8 But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.

  • Deut 4:20
    75%

    20 But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

  • Deut 30:16
    75%

    16 In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

  • Deut 28:1
    75%

    1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

  • Deut 26:3
    75%

    3 And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.

  • Deut 13:18
    75%

    18 So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 10:15
    74%

    15 But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

  • Deut 10:13
    74%

    13 Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?

  • Deut 8:1
    74%

    1 Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.

  • Deut 11:1
    74%

    1 So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

  • Deut 7:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

    12 And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.

  • Deut 30:20
    74%

    20 In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  • Deut 11:27
    74%

    27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

  • Deut 27:1
    74%

    1 Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

  • Deut 30:8
    74%

    8 And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.

  • Deut 11:8
    73%

    8 So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

  • Deut 11:22
    73%

    22 For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:

  • Deut 11:32
    73%

    32 And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

  • Deut 29:9
    73%

    9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

  • 1 Kgs 8:61
    73%

    61 Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    73%

    53 For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • Lev 20:26
    73%

    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • Deut 26:1
    73%

    1 Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;

  • Deut 10:20
    73%

    20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

  • Deut 4:38
    73%

    38 Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

  • Deut 12:26
    73%

    26 But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

  • Lev 22:31
    72%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

  • Jer 30:22
    72%

    22 And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Deut 4:14
    72%

    14 And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

  • Deut 19:8
    72%

    8 And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;

  • Deut 24:18
    72%

    18 But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    72%

    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;