Leviticus 26:3-13

3 ^a“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, 4then ^bI will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 ^cYour threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And ^dyou shall eat your bread to the full and ^edwell in your land securely. 6 ^fI will give peace in the land, and ^gyou shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And ^hI will remove harmful beasts from the land, ⁱand the sword shall not go through your land. 7You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 ^jFive of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 ^kI will turn to you and ^lmake you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you. 10You shall eat ^mold store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new. 11 ⁿI will make my dwelling ▼

▼Hebrew tabernacle

among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 ^pAnd I ^qwill walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. 13 ^rI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. ^sAnd I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Blessings for Obedience

1“And ^tif you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you ^uhigh above all the nations of the earth. 2And all these blessings shall come upon you and ^vovertake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. 3Blessed shall you be in the city, and ^wblessed shall you be in the field. 4Blessed shall be ^xthe fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5Blessed shall be your basket and your ^ykneading bowl. 6Blessed shall you be ^zwhen you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7“The Lord ^aawill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8The Lord ^abwill command the blessing on you in your barns and ^acin all that you undertake. ^adAnd he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 9 ^aeThe Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10And ^afall the peoples of the earth shall see that you are ^agcalled by the name of the Lord, and they shall be ^ahafraid of you. 11And ^aithe Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in ^ajthe fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, ^akto give the rain to your land in its season and ^alto bless all the work of your hands. And ^amyou shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13And the Lord will make you ^anthe head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14 ^aoand if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Psalms 19:11

11Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
^apin keeping them there is great reward.

Isaiah 1:19

19 ^aqIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;

Isaiah 3:10

10 ^arTell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
^asfor they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Matthew 5:3-12

3 ^at“Blessed are ^authe poor in spirit, for ^avtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4“Blessed are ^awthose who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5“Blessed are the ^axmeek, for they ^ayshall inherit the earth.

6“Blessed are those who hunger and ^azthirst ^bafor righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

7“Blessed are ^bbthe merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

8“Blessed are ^bcthe pure in heart, for ^bdthey shall see God.

9“Blessed are ^bethe peacemakers, for ^bfthey shall be called ^bgsons ▼

▼Greek huioi; see Preface

of God.

10 ^bi“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for ^bjtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 ^bk“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ^blon my account. 12 ^bmRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^bnso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 25:31-46

The Final Judgment

31 ^bo“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, ^bpthen he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him ^bqwill be gathered ^brall the nations, and ^bshe will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates ^btthe sheep from the goats. 33And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34Then ^buthe King will say to ^bvthose on his right, ‘Come, you ^bwwho are blessed by my Father, ^bxinherit ^bythe kingdom ^bzprepared for you ^cafrom the foundation of the world. 35For ^cbI was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you ^ccgave me drink, ^cdI was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 ^ceI was naked and you clothed me, ^cfI was sick and you ^cgvisited me, ^chI was in prison and you came to me.’ 37Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40And ^cithe King will answer them, ^cj‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these ^ckmy brothers, ▼

▼Or  brothers and sisters

you did it to me.’

41“Then he will say to those on his left, ^cm‘Depart from me, you ^cncursed, into ^cothe eternal fire prepared for ^cpthe devil and his angels. 42For ^cqI was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, ^cryou did not do it to me.’ 46And these will go away ^csinto eternal punishment, but the righteous ^ctinto ^cueternal life.”