Jeremiah 42:6
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Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
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but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.