Deuteronomy 32:29

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“If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.”

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BSBPD

“If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If they were wise--They deal wisely <FI>with<Fi> this; They attend to their latter end:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 32:29 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 5:29If 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.
  2. Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
  3. Psalms 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  4. Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
  5. Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
  6. Isaiah 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
  7. Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
  8. Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
  9. Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
  10. Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  11. Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
  12. Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
  13. Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  14. Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  15. Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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