Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
BSB
ASV
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
KJV
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
That they would consider their latter end! - אחריתם archaritham, properly, their latter times - the glorious days of the Messiah, who, according to the flesh, should spring up among them. Should they carefully consider this subject, and receive the promised Savior, they would consequently act as persons under infinite obligations to God; his strength would be their shield, and then: -
Oh, . . . that they would consider their latter end--The terrible judgments, which, in the event of their continued and incorrigible disobedience, would impart so awful a character to the close of their national history.
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Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
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If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
If 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.
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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.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…
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The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
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Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
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For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will…
For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.
