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Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Blessings for Obedience

1 “And ^aif you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you ^bhigh above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and ^covertake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and ^dblessed shall you be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be ^ethe fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your ^fkneading bowl. 6 Blessed shall you be ^gwhen you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 “The Lord ^hwill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 The Lord ⁱwill command the blessing on you in your barns and ^jin all that you undertake. ^kAnd he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 9 ^lThe Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10 And ^mall the peoples of the earth shall see that you are ⁿcalled by the name of the Lord, and they shall be ^oafraid of you. 11 And ^pthe Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in ^qthe fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, ^rto give the rain to your land in its season and ^sto bless all the work of your hands. And ^tyou shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you ^uthe head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14 ^vand if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.