O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Treasury of Scripture The language of the original is emphatic: {Mee yittain wehayah levavom zeh lahem}, literally, `Who will give that there may be such a heart in them?' They refuse to receive such a heart from me, who then can supply it. O that there Deuteronomy 32:29,30 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!... Psalm 81:13-15 Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!... Isaiah 48:18 O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: Jeremiah 44:4 However, I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh... Ezekiel 33:31,32 And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them... Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you... Luke 19:42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day... 2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be you reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape... keep all Deuteronomy 11:1 Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. Psalm 106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that does righteousness at all times. Psalm 119:1-5 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD... Luke 11:28 But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life... that it might Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged... Deuteronomy 4:40 You shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you... Deuteronomy 6:3,18 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily... Deuteronomy 12:25,28 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you... Deuteronomy 19:13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. Deuteronomy 22:7 But you shall in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to you; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. Ruth 3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? Psalm 19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Isaiah 3:10 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Jeremiah 22:14,15 That said, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar... Ephesians 6:3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth. James 1:25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work...
Context Moses Intercedes for the People
22These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly in the mount out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me. 23And it came to pass, when you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives. 25Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27Go you near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak you to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it. 28And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken. 29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 30Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 31But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever?
Darby Bible Translation
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!
King James Bible
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Young's Literal Translation
O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!
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