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Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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ASV

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 eyes of Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹ֖אlo'notH3808 →
תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuyou must eat itH398 →
לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
יִיטַ֤בyi.Tavit may go wellH3190 →
לְךָ֙le.Khafor you
וּלְבָנֶ֣יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaand for children yourH1121 →
אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaafter youH310 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
תַעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.Sehyou will doH6213 →
הַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.Sharthe rightH3477 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”Deuteronomy 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”Deuteronomy 13:18because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Isaiah 48:18–19If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.Deuteronomy 12:28Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.Deuteronomy 17:20Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

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