Deuteronomy 11:21
that your days may be long, and the days of your children, upon the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
20And ye shall write them on the + 11:20 Or, thresholds.lintels of your houses, and on your gates;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:40And keep ye his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, that ye may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.
Deuteronomy 6:2That ye may fear the Lord your God, keep ye all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command thee to-day, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, all the days of thy life, that ye may live many days.
Psalms 72:5They are not in the troubles of other men; and they shall not be scourged with other men.
Proverbs 3:16a out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.
Proverbs 9:11For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:19-26
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord… Read the whole commentary →