Primary Verses:
- Ex. 15:26
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"And said, If thou wilt
diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and
wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of
these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egyptians: for I am the LORD that
healeth thee."
- Lev. 26:14-16
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"But if ye will not hearken unto
me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye
shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments,
but that ye break my covenant:
I also will do this unto you; I will
even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the
burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for
your enemies shall eat it. . . ."
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Deut. 28:15-18
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"But it shall come to pass,
if thou wilt not
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe
to do all his commandments and his statutes which I
command thee this day; that all these curses shall come
upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed
shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in
the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of
thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep. . . ."
Supporting Verses:
- Judges 3:7-8
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"And
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the
groves. Therefore
the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel
served Chushanrishathaim eight years."
- Judges 6:1-2
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"And
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of
the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of
Midian seven years. And the hand of
Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong
holds."
- Judges 10:6-7
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"And
the children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of the LORD, and served Baalim,
and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of
Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the
children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and
forsook the LORD, and served not him.
And the anger of the
LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the
hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the
children of Ammon."
- Judges 13:1
- Neh. 9:26-27
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"Nevertheless
they were disobedient, and rebelled
against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and
slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn
them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Therefore thou
deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,
who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when
they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven;
and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them
saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their
enemies."
- 1 Cor. 11:30-32
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"For this cause many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would
judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we
are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we should
not be condemned with the world."
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