Deuteronomy 6:3

6:3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number ¹  – as the Lord, God of your ancestors, ²  said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 12:28

12:28 Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 15:9

15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude ³  be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite ⁴  and you do not lend ⁵  him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 28:13

28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ⁷  commandments which I am urging ⁸  you today to be careful to do.

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¹ tn Heb “may multiply greatly” (so NASB, NRSV); the words “in number” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 18, 23).

³ tn Heb “your eye.”

⁴ tn Heb “your needy brother.”

⁵ tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).

⁶ tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁸ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”