Deuteronomy 11:16-25

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ Be careful^(A) that you are not enticed to turn aside, serve, and bow in worship to other gods.^{(B) 17} Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you.^(C) He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain;^(D) the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land^(E) the Lord is giving you.

¹⁸ “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol^[a] on your foreheads.^{[b] 19} Teach them to your children,^(F) talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ²⁰ Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates,^{(G) 21} so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.^{(H) 22} For if you carefully observe every one of these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, walk in all his ways, and remain faithful^[c] to him— ²³ the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.^{(I) 24} Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours.^(J) Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River^[d] to the Mediterranean Sea.^{(K) 25} No one will be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put fear and dread of you in all the land where you set foot, as he has promised you.^(L)