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And when all these things come upon you ,
the blessing and the curse ,
which I have set before you ,
and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you ,
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and return to the LORD your God ,
you and your children ,
and obey his voice in all that I command you this day ,
with all your heart and with all your soul ;
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then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes ,
and have compassion upon you ,
and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you .
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If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven ,
from there the LORD your God will gather you ,
and from there he will fetch you ;
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and the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed ,
that you may possess it ;
and he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers .
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And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring ,
so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul ,
that you may live .
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And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your foes and enemies who persecuted you .
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And you shall again obey the voice of the LORD ,
and keep all his commandments which I command you this day .
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The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand ,
in the fruit of your body ,
and in the fruit of your cattle ,
and in the fruit of your ground ;
for the LORD will again take delight in prospering you ,
as he took delight in your fathers ,
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if you obey the voice of the LORD your God ,
to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law ,
if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul .
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For this commandment which I command you this day is not too hard for you ,
neither is it far off .
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It is not in heaven ,
that you should say , `
Who will go up for us to heaven ,
and bring it to us ,
that we may hear it and do it ?'
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Neither is it beyond the sea ,
that you should say , `
Who will go over the sea for us ,
and bring it to us ,
that we may hear it and do it ?'
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But the word is very near you ;
it is in your mouth and in your heart ,
so that you can do it .
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See ,
I have set before you this day life and good ,
death and evil .
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If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day ,
by loving the LORD your God ,
by walking in his ways ,
and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances ,
then you shall live and multiply ,
and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to take possession of it .
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But if your heart turns away ,
and you will not hear ,
but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them ,
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I declare to you this day ,
that you shall perish ;
you shall not live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess .
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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day ,
that I have set before you life and death ,
blessing and curse ;
therefore choose life ,
that you and your descendants may live ,
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loving the LORD your God ,
obeying his voice ,
and cleaving to him ;
for that means life to you and length of days ,
that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers ,
to Abraham ,
to Isaac ,
and to Jacob ,
to give them ."