Deuteronomy 28:13

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The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

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  • Deut 28:1 : 1 The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.
  • Deut 4:6-9 : 6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say,“Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.” 7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him? 8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today? 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  • Isa 9:14-15 : 14 So the LORD cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day. 15 The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

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  • Deut 28:1-3
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    1The Covenant Blessings“If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

    2All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

    3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

  • Deut 28:43-45
    3 verses
    84%

    43The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

    44They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

    45All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given you.

  • Deut 28:14-16
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    14But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.

    15Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

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

  • Deut 15:4-6
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    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

    5if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

    6For the LORD your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

  • Deut 28:8-12
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    8The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

    9The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

    10Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you.

    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.

    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

  • Deut 11:26-29
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    26Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony Take note– I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

    27the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

    28and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.

    29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 30:8-10
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    8You will return and obey the LORD, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today.

    9The LORD your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the LORD will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

    10if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

  • Deut 13:18
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    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

  • Deut 26:18-19
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    18And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

    19Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.

  • Deut 27:10
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    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

  • Deut 12:28
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    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 10:13
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    13and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?

  • 1 Chr 22:13
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    13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!

  • Deut 28:58
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    58The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,

  • 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.

  • Deut 30:1
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    1The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the LORD your God has banished you.

  • Deut 8:1
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    1The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Deut 28:20
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    20Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

  • Deut 29:9
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    9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

  • Isa 9:15
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    15The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

  • Deut 5:32
    71%

    32Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

  • Deut 28:37
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    37You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the LORD will drive you.

  • Deut 11:13
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    13Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

  • Deut 8:11
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    11Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Deut 31:5
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    5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

  • Deut 28:25
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    25Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Lev 26:14
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    14The Consequences of Disobedience“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments–

  • Deut 8:18
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    18You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

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    8This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

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    4You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

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    13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.