Deuteronomy 11:28

and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

In Context

27the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day;

29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:14But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments;

Deuteronomy 29:19(29-18) and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart — that the watered be swept away with the dry';

Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:27-32

The Blessing and the Curse. ( b. c. 1451.) 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →

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