Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land where ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
48And LORD spoke to Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am LORD.
Deuteronomy 30:16in that I command thee this day to love LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou may live and multiply, and that LORD thy God may bless thee in the land where th
Deuteronomy 30:20to love LORD thy God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him, for he is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou may dwell in the land which LORD swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.
Proverbs 3:22so they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:45-52
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to… Read the whole commentary →