Deuteronomy 28:43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 28 connects to 10 cross-references. Obedience brings a comprehensive catalogue of blessings: fruitful land, families, and animals; victory over enemies; rain, prosperity, and lending rather than borrowing; and Israel as the head, not the tail, among nations. Disobedience brings an even longer catalogue of curses: …
Other Translations
The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
the sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;
The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.
Cross References
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou …
And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand …
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou …
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against …
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken …
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, …
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years …
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of …
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and …
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: