Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways.
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Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
Deuteronomy 7:8but because the Lord loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 26:18and the Lord has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
Psalms 87:5Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;"the Most High himself will establish her.
Isaiah 62:12They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:2-15
Promises. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and… Read the whole commentary →