So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- KJV Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
- NKJV Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- NASB So you will keep the words of this covenant and do them, in order that you may be successful in everything that you do.
- NLT “Therefore, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything you do.
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Quick answer
Therefore keep this covenant, so that you may prosper in all you do. Obedience flowing from grace is the path of blessing.
Overview
On the basis of God's remembered faithfulness, Moses calls Israel to keep the covenant carefully. The promised result, prosperity in all they do, reflects the covenant principle that faithfulness brings blessing. This is not earning God's favor but living in glad response to grace already given, a pattern fulfilled in the obedience of faith that marks the gospel life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Kgs 2:3And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
- Deut 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Josh 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Heb 13:20–21Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Deut 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
- Jer 50:5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- Ps 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- Ps 103:17–18But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Isa 56:4–7For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
- Isa 56:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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