Deuteronomy 11:8-17

So obey all the commands I’m giving you today. Then you will be strong enough to go in and take over the land. You will go across the Jordan River and take the land as your own. You will live there for a long time. It’s the land the LORD promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children after them. He gave his word when he made that promise. The land has plenty of milk and honey. You will enter it and take it over. It isn’t like the land of Egypt. That’s where you came from. You planted your seeds there. You had to water them, just as you have to water a vegetable garden. But you will soon go across the Jordan River. The land you are going to take over has mountains and valleys in it. It drinks rain from heaven. It’s a land the LORD your God takes care of. His eyes always look on it with favor. He watches over it from the beginning of the year to its end. So be faithful. Obey the commands the LORD your God is giving you today. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Then the LORD will send rain on your land at the right time. He’ll send rain in the fall and in the spring. You will be able to gather your grain. You will also be able to make olive oil and fresh wine. He’ll provide grass in the fields for your cattle. You will have plenty to eat. But be careful. Don’t let anyone tempt you to do something wrong. Don’t turn away and worship other gods. Don’t bow down to them. If you do, the LORD will be very angry with you. He’ll close up the sky. It won’t rain. The ground won’t produce its crops. Soon you will die. You won’t live to enjoy the good land the LORD is giving you.