¹⁸ Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the Lord swore to give your ancestors.

⁴⁰ If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

²⁵ Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the Lord.

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

²⁹ Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.

²⁹ And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”

¹⁹ But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.

¹⁶ None of their past sins will be brought up again, for they have done what is just and right, and they will surely live.

¹⁴ And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.