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Leviticus 26:2–5

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¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
¶ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
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From verse 2

  1. Leviticus 19:30Rank 1 from verse 2
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    30¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

From verse 3

  1. Deuteronomy 28:1–14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    1AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

    2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

    3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

    4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

    5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

    6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

    7The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

    8The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    9The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

    10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

    11And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

    12The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

    13And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

    14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

  2. Isaiah 1:19Rank 2 from verse 3
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    19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

  3. Deuteronomy 11:13–15Rank 3 from verse 3
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    13¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

    14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

    15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

  4. Isaiah 48:18–19Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

    19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

  5. Psalms 81:12–16Rank 5 from verse 3
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    12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

    13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

    14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

    15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

    16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

From verse 4

  1. Zechariah 8:12Rank 1 from verse 4
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    12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

  2. Psalms 67:6Rank 2 from verse 4
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    6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

  3. Isaiah 30:23Rank 3 from verse 4
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    23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  4. Deuteronomy 11:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

  5. Deuteronomy 28:12Rank 5 from verse 4
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    12The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

From verse 5

  1. Amos 9:13Rank 1 from verse 5
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    13Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

  2. Joel 2:26Rank 2 from verse 5
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    26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

  3. Joel 2:19Rank 3 from verse 5
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    19Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

  4. Leviticus 25:18–19Rank 4 from verse 5
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    18¶ Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

    19And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

  5. Deuteronomy 11:15Rank 5 from verse 5
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    15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 26:2

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reverence

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Sense 1: Respect or honour mingled with fear or awe; an outward act of such respect. Sense 2: To regard or treat with such respect or honour, sometimes shown by bowing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 26:3

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 26:4

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

due

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1. Proper, fitting, or appointed for the stated time, season, order, or occasion. 2. Owed, payable, belonging, deserved, required, or rightfully assigned to a person or purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

season

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Sense 1: An appointed time or period. Sense 2: As a verb, to prepare, mature, or make suitable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

yield

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1. To produce or give forth. 2. To give or grant. 3. To surrender or submit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

increase

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Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fruit

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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 26:5

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

threshing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of thresh (to separate grain from husks and straw by beating, treading, or a similar process).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reach

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Sense 1: To extend or stretch to a place or limit; to arrive or continue as far as it. Sense 2: To extend the hand toward or into something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

vintage

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The grape harvest or the season and produce of gathering grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

sowing

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

2¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

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3¶ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

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4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

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6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

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