Deuteronomy 7:12 “If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LO…”

Deuteronomy 7:12

If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

World English Bible

It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:

Geneva Bible 1599

For if ye hearken vnto these lawes, and obserue and doe them, then the Lord thy God shall keepe with thee the couenant, and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers.

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers;

Young's Literal Translation

'And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Bible in Basic English

And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.

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Cross references

“if”

Deuteronomy 28:1 Leviticus 26:3

Deuteronomy 28:1 · BSB

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Leviticus 26:3 · BSB

If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,

“Lord”

Deuteronomy 7:9 Psalm 105:8–10 Micah 7:20 Luke 1:55 Luke 1:72 Luke 1:73

Deuteronomy 7:9 · BSB

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

Psalm 105:8–10 · BSB

He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

Micah 7:20 · BSB

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 1:55 · BSB

as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

Luke 1:72 · BSB

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Luke 1:73 · BSB

the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.

13He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Read Deuteronomy 7