Deuteronomy 30:17

But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

In Context

16That 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.

18I foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

Joshua 22:15Who came to the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, into the land of Galaad, and said to them:

1 Samuel 12:25But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.

Proverbs 1:32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

John 3:19And this is the judgment: because the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil.

Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.

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 →

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