Deuteronomy 30:11
Exhortation to Covenant Obedience“This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.
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Referenced Verses
- Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
- Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
- Col 1:26-27 : 26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. 27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!
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- Deut 30:12-176 verses80%
12 It is not in heaven, as though one must say,“Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”
13 And it is not across the sea, as though one must say,“Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”
14 For the thing is very near you– it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.
15 “Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.
16 What 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.
17 However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,
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13 and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
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10 if 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.
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11 Exhortation 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.
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10 You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”
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11 So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.
- Deut 11:26-283 verses73%
26 Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony Take note– I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
27 the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
28 and 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.
- Deut 26:16-172 verses73%
16 Narrative Interlude Today the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.
17 Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.
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32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.
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6 Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,
- Deut 4:39-402 verses73%
39 Today realize and carefully consider that the LORD is God in heaven above and on earth below– there is no other!
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 11:1-22 verses72%
1 Reiteration of the Call to Obedience You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.
2 Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the LORD your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.
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18 Thus 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 32:46-472 verses72%
46 he 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.
47 For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
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13 Now, 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 28:14-152 verses71%
14 But 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.
15 Curses 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:
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8 You will return and obey the LORD, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today.
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22 For 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 30:1-22 verses71%
1 The 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.
2 Then if you and your descendants turn to the LORD your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,
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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.
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5 if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.
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15 but with whoever stands with us here today before the LORD our God as well as those not with us here today.
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20 I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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1 Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed
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8 The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,
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28 Pay 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.
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1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
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7 the gods of the surrounding people(whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).
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31 “You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.
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1 The 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.
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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?
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11 when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.
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151 You are near, O LORD, and all your commands are reliable.
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23 Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the LORD asks.
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2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.
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24 When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,
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17 Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.