Leviticus 26:5

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“Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.”

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BSBPD

“Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing-<FI> time<Fi> ; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 26:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  2. Leviticus 25:18You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
  3. Leviticus 25:19Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
  4. Deuteronomy 11:15And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
  5. Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
  6. Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  7. Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  8. Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  9. Psalms 144:13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
  10. Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
  11. Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  12. Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
  13. Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
  14. Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  15. Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
  16. Hosea 2:20And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
  17. Joel 2:19And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
  18. Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
  19. Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
  20. Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
  21. Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
  22. Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  23. John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
  24. Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

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