¹⁸ “‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws,^(A) and you will live safely in the land.^(B)

⁴⁰ Keep^(A) his decrees and commands,^(B) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well^(C) with you and your children after you and that you may live long^(D) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

³³ Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,^(A) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days^(B) in the land that you will possess.

Do Not Forget the Lord

8 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live^(A) and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.^(B)

⁹ and so that you may live long^(A) in the land the Lord swore^(B) to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.^(C)

¹⁵ You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long^(A) in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

¹⁶ For I command you today to love^(A) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live^(B) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

³² until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life^(A) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’