18When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-18)Here the case is put of a city revolting from its allegiance to the God of Israel, and serving other gods . I. The crime is supposed to be committed, 1. By one of the cities of Israel, that lay within the jurisdiction of their courts. The church then judged those only that were within , 1 Cor. 5:12 , 13 . And, even when they were ordered to preserve their religion in the first principles of it by…
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