Proverbs 29:18

Without God's revealed word a people lose moral restraint and run wild, while those who keep His law are blessed.

Cross-references · 17

• Jas 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
• Luke 11:28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
• Hos 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
• John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
• Ps 1:1–2Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
• Prov 19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
• Ps 119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
• 1 Sam 3:1The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There visions were not frequent.
• Amos 8:11–12Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words.
• Matt 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
• Exod 32:25When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
• Ps 74:9We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
• Ps 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
• Rom 10:13–15For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
• Rev 22:14Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
• 2 Chr 28:19For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because he acted without restraint in Judah and trespassed severely against Yahweh.
• John 14:21–23One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

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