~ Reward and Punishment ~

"'Do not make idols
or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves,
and do not place a carved stone in your land
to bow down before it.
I am the Lord your God.

"'Observe My Sabbaths
and have reverence for My sanctuary.
I am the Lord.
"If you follow My decrees
and are careful to obey My commands,
I will send you rain in its season,
and the ground will yield its crops
and the trees of the field their fruit.
Your threshing will continue until grape harvest
and the grape harvest will continue until planting,
and you will eat all the food you want
and live in safety in your land.

"'I will grant peace in the land,
and you will lie down
and no one will make you afraid.'"

"'But if you will not listen to me
and carry out all these commands,
and if you reject My decrees and abhor My laws
and fail to carry out all My commands
and so violate My covenant,
then I will do this to you:
I will bring upon you sudden terror,
wasting diseases and fever
that will destroy your sight
and drain away your life.
You will plant seed in vain,
because your enemies will eat it.
I will set My face against you
so that you will be defeated by your enemies;
those who hate you will rule over you,
ad you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.'"

(Leviticus 26:1-6, 14-17)