Deuteronomy 17:13

And all the people hearing it shall fear, that no one afterwards swell with pride.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12But he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest, who ministereth at that time to the Lord thy God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away the evil from Israel:

14When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.

Deuteronomy 19:20That others hearing may fear, and may not 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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