Deuteronomy 16:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
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“Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Righteousness--righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 16:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- Proverbs 11:19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- Ezekiel 18:5Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
- Ezekiel 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
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