Deuteronomy 11:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 72:5 : 5 People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
  • Deut 4:40 : 40 Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.
  • Ps 89:28-29 : 28 I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. 29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
  • Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

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    9and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 11:17-20
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    17Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

    19Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

    20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

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    11The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.

  • Deut 7:13
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  • Deut 6:2-3
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    2and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.

    3Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number– as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deut 1:10-11
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    10The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

    11Indeed, may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

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    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

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  • Deut 5:16
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    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Deut 11:22
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    22For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the LORD your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

  • Deut 30:16
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    16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.

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    46he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

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    23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

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    8So now, in the sight of all Israel, the LORD’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

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    26No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

  • 2 Chr 6:31
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    31Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

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    33Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess.

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