13 “And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, (A)to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 (B)he[a] will give the rain for your land in its season, (C)the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. 15 (D)And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and (E)you shall eat and be full. 16 Take care (F)lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and (G)serve other gods and worship them; 17 then (H)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he (I)will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and (J)you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.

18 (K)“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and (L)you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20 (M)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 (N)that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, (O)as long as the heavens are above the earth. 22 For if (P)you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and (Q)holding fast to him, 23 then the Lord (R)will drive out all these nations before you, and you will (S)dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:14 Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew I; also verse 15

Bible Gateway Recommends

ESV Student Study Bible, Hardcover, Gray
ESV Student Study Bible, Hardcover, Gray
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $15.09
Save: $19.90 (57%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Economy Bible, Large Print Softcover, Case of 24
ESV Economy Bible, Large Print Softcover, Case of 24
Retail: $191.76
Our Price: $102.99
Save: $88.77 (46%)
John, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
John, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
Retail: $6.99
Our Price: $3.07
Save: $3.92 (56%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Navy Blue
ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Navy Blue
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $20.68
Save: $24.31 (54%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars