Deuteronomy 7:12 (WEB)

Passage

It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:11 You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you today, to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:12 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.

Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 7:14 You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "happen", "listen", "ordinances", "keep", "yahweh", and "covenant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "happen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "You shall therefore keep the commandments the..." into verse 13's "He will love you bless you and...", so "shall" and "happen" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "happen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.