and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 28:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 30:21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Deuteronomy 5:32 You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.
- Deuteronomy 11:16 Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;
- Proverbs 4:26-27 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- Deuteronomy 11:26-28 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
- 2 Kings 22:2 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.
- Joshua 23:6 “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn away from it to the right hand or to the left;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from…
Deu 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Ver. 14. And thou shalt not go aside.] But keep my commandments curiously, even "as the apple of thine eye," {Pro 7:2} with all chariness and circumspection, since the least deviation is dangerous, yea, destructive.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt…
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,.... As directed, exhorted, and encouraged to, Deu 28:1, &c.
to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day; both moral and ceremonial:
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that all these curses shall come upon thee; from the hand of God, certainly, suddenly, and unawares:
and overtake thee; pursuing after thee, will come up to thee, and seize upon thee, though they may seem to move slowly; see Zac 5:3; namely, the curses which follow. Manasseh Ben Israel (f) divides them into two parts, the first from hence to Deu 28:45; which respects the destruction of the first temple, and the things that went before or related to that; and the second from thence to the end of the chapter, which he thinks refers to the destruction of the second temple, and their present case and circumstances; and it must be owned that for the most part the distinction may seem to hold good; what is prophesied of that should befall the Jews for their disobedience being more remarkably and distinctly fulfilled in the one than in the other; yet there are things in the whole which respect both, or that were fulfilled, some under one dispensation, and some under another, and some that were fulfilled in both; but chiefly and more manifestly at and since their dispersion by the Romans.
(f) De Termino Vitae, l. 3. sect. 3. p. 126.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Thou shalt not go aside - to…
Verse 14. Thou shalt not go aside - to the right hand or to the left] The way of obedience is a straight way; it goes right forward; he who declines either to right or left from this path goes astray and misses heaven.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. turn aside, etc.] Deu_5:32. For you read thee.…
14. turn aside, etc.] Deu_5:32. For you read thee. Sam., Gk., Syr. go after other gods] Deu_6:14, Deu_8:19, Deu_13:2 (3).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) And thou shalt not go aside.—It is possible,…
(14) And thou shalt not go aside.—It is possible, of course, to connect this sentence with the “if” in Deu_28:13, “If that thou hearken and do not go aside.” But the LXX., and apparently the Targums also, begin a fresh sentence with this verse. The idea that obedience begets obedience is by no means foreign to the Jewish mind. There are many passages in their literature which contain the thought expressed so forcibly in Rev_22:11, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still . . . and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Deu_5:29 Deu_11:28. Moses ends as he began, by…
cf. Deu_5:29 Deu_11:28. Moses ends as he began, by reminding them that the condition of enjoying the blessing was obedience to the Divine Law, and steadfast adherence to the course in which they were called to walk.
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