Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.
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Genesis 17:7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Exodus 19:5If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Deuteronomy 7:8But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 26:18And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
Psalms 87:5And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.
Isaiah 62:12And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:2-15
Promises. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and… Read the whole commentary →