Deuteronomy 28:1
“If you do what Yahweh our God tells you to do and faithfully obey everything that I am today commanding you to do, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation on the earth.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2If you obey Yahweh, this is what he will do to bless you:
Cross References
Exodus 23:22But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you to do, I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
Deuteronomy 7:12If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.
Deuteronomy 11:13Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,
Deuteronomy 26:18And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
Psalms 91:14Yahweh says, “I will rescue those who love me, I will protect them because they ◄acknowledge that I am Yahweh/know me►.
Psalms 111:10Revering Yahweh is the way to become wise. All those who obey his commands will know what is good for them to decide to do. We should praise him forever!
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:1
This chapter is a very large exposition of two words in the foregoing chapter, the blessing and the curse. Those were pronounced blessed in general that were obedient, and those cursed that were disobedient; but, because generals are not so affecting, Moses here descends to particulars, and describes the blessing and the curse, not in their fountains (these are out of sight, and therefore the most considerable, yet least considered, the favour of God the spring of all the blessings, and the wrath of God the spring… Read the whole commentary →