Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 6:20-25 (New International Version) 20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before […]

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Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (New International Version) 14 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” 15 be sure to appoint over you the king the LORD […]

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Deuteronomy 15:7-9 (New International Version) 7 If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. 8 Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful […]

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Deuteronomy 6:10-12 (New International Version) 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not […]

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Deuteronomy 4:5-8 (New International Version) 5 See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will […]

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Deuteronomy 28 (New International Version) 58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God-… 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations…65 There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, […]

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Deuteronomy 28:67 (New International Version) In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”-because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. This passage speaks about the calamities that will come to God’s people if they fail […]

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Deuteronomy 8:10-14 (New International Version) 10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. […]

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Print this page Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (New International Version) 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. A recent series […]

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Deuteronomy 16:14 (New International Version) Be joyful at your Feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. This verse is found in a passage in which God’s people are told about the three main feasts or festivals they were […]

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