Deuteronomy 6:18

Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, commanding them to keep God's statutes and testimonies before they cross the Jordan to drive out their enemies.

The words — וְ/עָשִׂ֛יתָ (ve./'a.Si.ta) = and/ you will do [H6213]; הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר (hai./ya.Shar) = the/ right [H3477]; וְ/הַ/טּ֖וֹב (ve./ha./Tov) = and/ the/ good [H2896]; בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י (be./'ei.Nei) = in/ [the] eyes of [H5869]; יְהוָ֑ה (Yah.weh) = Yahweh [H3068]; לְמַ֙עַן֙ (le.Ma.'an) = so that [H4616]; יִ֣יטַב (Yi.tav) = it may go well [H3190]; וּ/בָ֗אתָ (u./Va.ta) = and/ you will go [H935]

The thread — This conditional structure repeats in Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 12:25, and Deuteronomy 5:29, linking obedience to prosperity and land possession.

Why it lands — The text commands active obedience to what is right and good in God's sight as the necessary condition for entering and possessing the promised land.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשִׂ֛יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will do הַיָּשָׁ֥רhai./ya.Sharthe/ right וְהַטּ֖וֹבve./ha./Tovand/ the/ good בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe./'ei.Neiin/ [the] eyes of יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso that יִ֣יטַבYi.tavit may go wellלָ֔ךְLa/khfor/ youוּבָ֗אתָu./Va.taand/ you will go וְיָֽרַשְׁתָּ֙ve./ya.rash.Taand/ you will take possession of אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָאָ֣רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land הַטֹּבָ֔הha./to.Vah<the>/ good אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which נִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'he swore יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃la./'a.vo.Tei./khato/ ancestors/ your

King James Version

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 12:25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 5:29 If 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.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Ezekiel 18:5 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
John 8:29 He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Deuteronomy 8:11 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Deuteronomy 12:28 Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 13:18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.