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Deu 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

if thou wilt		Lev 26:14-46; Lam 2:17; Dan 9:11-13; Mal 2:2; Rom 2:8,9
all these curses		The same variety of expression is used in these terrible curses, as in the preceding blessings, to intimate every kind of prosperity or adversity, personal, relative, and public. Consulting the marginal references will generally lead to the best exposition of the terms employed; and will frequently point out the fulfilment of the promises and threatenings. Deu 28:2; Deu 27:15-26; Deu 29:20; Isa 3:11; Gal 3:10

Correlating Passages

if thou wilt

	Lev 26:14	But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
	Lev 26:15	And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant:
	Lev 26:16	I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
	Lev 26:17	And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
	Lev 26:18	And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
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	Lam 2:17	The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
	Dan 9:11	Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
	Dan 9:12	And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
	Dan 9:13	As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
	Mal 2:2	If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
	Rom 2:8	But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
	Rom 2:9	Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

all these curses

	Deu 28:2	And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
	Deu 27:15	Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
	Deu 27:16	Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Deu 27:17	Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Deu 27:18	Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Deu 27:19	Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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	Deu 29:20	The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
	Isa 3:11	Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
	Gal 3:10	For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 28:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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