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The Covenant in Moab

Deuteronomy 29:9

In 11 translations

BSB
So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
KJV
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
WEB
Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
ASV
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
LSV
and you have kept the words of this covenant and done them, so that you cause all that you do to prosper.
YLT
and ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper.
DBY
Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
DRC
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfill them: that you may understand all that you do.
GNV
Keepe therefore the wordes of this couenant and doe them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall doe.
JPS29:8
Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.
LXXE
And ye shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that ye may understand all things that ye shall do.

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Original-language editions

WLC29:8
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֗ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃KJV:Deut.29.9
LXX-Br
Καὶ φυλάξεσθε ποιεῖν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης, ἵνα συνῆτε πάντα ὅσα ποιήσετε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 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…
  • Deuteronomy 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.”
  • Joshua 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.
  • Deuteronomy 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.
  • Hebrews 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, equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish…
  • Jeremiah 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.
  • Psalms 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
  • Isaiah 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. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who…
  • Isaiah 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— I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that…
  • Psalms 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— to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

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