^5 (A)if only you will strictly obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today.

Blessings for Obedience

28 “And ^(A)if 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 ^(B)high above all the nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come upon you and ^(C)overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. ³ Blessed shall you be in the city, and ^(D)blessed shall you be in the field. ⁴ Blessed shall be ^(E)the 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 ^(F)kneading bowl. ⁶ Blessed shall you be ^(G)when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

⁷ “The Lord ^(H)will 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 ^(I)will command the blessing on you in your barns and ^(J)in all that you undertake. ^(K)And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ^9 (L)The 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 ^(M)all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are ^(N)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be ^(O)afraid of you. ¹¹ And ^(P)the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in ^(Q)the 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, ^(R)to give the rain to your land in its season and ^(S)to bless all the work of your hands. And ^(T)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. ¹³ And the Lord will make you ^(U)the 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 (V)and 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.

Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵ “But ^(W)if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and ^(X)overtake you.

⁷ Only be strong and ^(A)very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law ^(B)that Moses my servant commanded you. ^(C)Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success^[a] wherever you go.

^9 (A)“Only take care, and ^(B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. ^(C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

^3 (A)“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, ⁴ then ^(B)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. ^5 (C)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And ^(D)you shall eat your bread to the full and ^(E)dwell in your land securely. ^6 (F)I will give peace in the land, and ^(G)you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And ^(H)I will remove harmful beasts from the land, ^(I)and the sword shall not go through your land. ⁷ You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. ^8 (J)Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. ^9 (K)I will turn to you and ^(L)make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you. ¹⁰ You shall eat ^(M)old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new. ^11 (N)I will make my dwelling^[a] among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. ^12 (O)And I ^(P)will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. ^13 (Q)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. ^(R)And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Punishment for Disobedience

^14 (S)“But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments,

²⁷ Only ^(A)let your manner of life be ^(B)worthy^[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you ^(C)that you are standing firm in one spirit, with ^(D)one mind ^(E)striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

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.