Deuteronomy 4:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:1 : 1 And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  • Prov 22:19-20 : 19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you. 20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:28 : 28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
  • 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more. 2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • Heb 3:5 : 5 And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;

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    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 6:1
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    1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

  • Deut 4:1-2
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    1 And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

    2 Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

  • Deut 5:31-33
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    31 But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

    32 Take 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.

    33 Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.

  • Deut 12:1
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    1 These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

  • Deut 11:31-32
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    31 For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.

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  • Deut 6:17-18
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    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

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    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;

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    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 4:6
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    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.

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    8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

  • Deut 1:18
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    18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

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    3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

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

  • Deut 4:40
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    3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

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    37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

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    44 This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:

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    37 And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.