What does Deuteronomy 28:17 mean?

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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

• Luke 16:25

  But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.

• Zechariah 5:3

  Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.

• Malachi 2:2

  If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

• Deuteronomy 28:5

  Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

• Proverbs 1:32

  For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

• Haggai 1:6

  Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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