Deuteronomy 30:16
That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and thou mayst live, and he may multiply thee, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:33But you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God hath commanded, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be long in the land of your possession.
Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that then mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.
Joshua 23:11,11This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord your God.
John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
1 John 5:2In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 30:16-20
15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall… Read the whole commentary →