Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.

So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

(13:1) You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.

“For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.

Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”