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Deuteronomy 29:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry. "
Deuteronomy 29:19
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17 and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them);
18 lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;
19 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.
20 The LORD will not pardon him, but then the LORD’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under the sky.
21 The LORD will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
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Deuteronomy 29:1
"These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb."
Deuteronomy 29:2
"Moses called to all Israel, and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;"
Deuteronomy 29:3
"the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders."
Deuteronomy 29:4
"But the LORD has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day."
Deuteronomy 29:5
"I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet."
Deuteronomy 29:6
"You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God."
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