Deuteronomy 28:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

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  • Deut 28:1 : 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 4:6-9 : 6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people. 7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer? 8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today? 9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
  • Isa 9:14-15 : 14 For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day. 15 The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.

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  • Deut 28:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1Now 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:

    2And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

    3A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.

  • Deut 28:43-45
    3 verses
    84%

    43The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

    44He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

    45And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

  • Deut 28:14-16
    3 verses
    79%

    14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

    15But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

    16You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

  • Deut 15:4-6
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    78%

    4But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

    5If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.

    6For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

  • Deut 28:8-12
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    78%

    8The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    9The 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.

    10And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.

    11And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.

    12Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

  • Deut 11:26-29
    4 verses
    76%

    26Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

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

    28And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

    29And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 30:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

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

    9And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:

    10If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deut 13:18
    75%

    18So 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 26:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18And 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;

    19And 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 27:10
    74%

    10For 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.

  • Deut 12:28
    73%

    28Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 10:13
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 22:13
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    13And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

  • Deut 28:58
    72%

    58If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

  • Deut 30:16
    72%

    16In 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 30:1
    72%

    1Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

  • Deut 8:1
    72%

    1Take 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 28:20
    72%

    20The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

  • Deut 29:9
    72%

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

  • Isa 9:15
    72%

    15The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.

  • Deut 5:32
    71%

    32Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

  • Deut 28:37
    71%

    37And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.

  • Deut 11:13
    71%

    13And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

  • Deut 8:11
    71%

    11Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

  • Deut 31:5
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    5The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

  • Deut 28:25
    71%

    25The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Lev 26:14
    71%

    14But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;

  • Deut 8:18
    71%

    18But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

  • Josh 1:8
    71%

    8Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

  • Deut 13:4
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    4But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.

  • Deut 7:11
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    11So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

  • Deut 7:13
    70%

    13And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.