Deuteronomy 32:47
For it is not a vain word for you; on the contrary, it is your life; and through this word shall ye live many days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
48And the Lord spoke unto Moses on that self-same day, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5And ye shall keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 30:16In 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 ordinances; that thou mayest live and multiply; and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:20To love the Lord thy God, to hearken to his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 3:22And they will be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy throat.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:45-52
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to… Read the whole commentary →