Deuteronomy 32:47

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.””

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BSBPD

“For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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 possess it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For it is no 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 the Jordan to possess it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for it <FI>is<Fi> not a vain thing for you, for it <FI>is<Fi> your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 32:47 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
  2. Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  3. Deuteronomy 30:16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
  4. Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  5. Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  6. Deuteronomy 31:13Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
  7. Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  8. Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
  9. Proverbs 3:22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
  10. Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
  11. Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
  12. Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
  13. Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  14. Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
  15. 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
  16. 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
  17. 1 Peter 3:10For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
  18. 2 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
  19. 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
  20. Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

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