"For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in …" — Deuteronomy 32:47

Deuteronomy 32:47 · KJV

“For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.”

— Deuteronomy 32:47

Verse 46

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Verse 48

And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

Deuteronomy 32 — Context

And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, {unto} mount Nebo, which {is} in the land of Moab, that {is} over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

Cross References

Leviticus 18:5

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I {am} the LORD.

Proverbs 4:22

For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}

2 Peter 1:16

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

1 Peter 3:10-12

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Proverbs 3:18

She {is} a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy {is every one} that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:1-2

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Deuteronomy 30:19-20

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, {that} I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: