Deuteronomy 8:1-2 All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply… The suffering you see around you hurts God more than it hurts you, or the man upon whom it fails. But He hates things that most men think little of, and will send any suffering upon them rather than have men continue indifferent to them. Men may say, "We don't want suffering: we don't want to be good." But God says, "I know My own obligations, and you shall not be contemptible wretches if there be any resource in the Godhead." The God who strikes is the God whose Son wept over Jerusalem. (George Macdonald.) Parallel Verses KJV: All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. |
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