Deuteronomy 17:13

And when the people hear about this, they shall be afraid, so that no one, from that time on, will swell with pride.

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In The King James Version

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

In Context

12But whoever will be arrogant, unwilling to obey the order of the priest who ministers at that time to the Lord your God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.

14When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, and you possess it, and you live in it, and you say, ‘I will appoint a king over me, just as all the surrounding nations have done,’

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11So may all of Israel, upon hearing this, be afraid, so that nothing like this will ever be done again.

Deuteronomy 19:20Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:9-14

The Authority of the Judges. ( b. c. 1451.) 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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