1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
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If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; …
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless. 2. That though both the promises and the threatenings are designed to bring and hold us to our duty, yet it is better that we be allured to that which is good by a…
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