Deuteronomy 28:63

And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 30:9 shows God delighting in prospering his people again, reversing the curse where he delights to destroy.

Luke 15:32 Contrast

Luke 15:32 echoes the joy of restoration—contrasting with God's delight in bringing ruin here.

Luke 15:24 Contrast

Luke 15:24 shows God's delight in restoring the lost—directly contrasting the delight in destruction here.

Luke 15:6-10 describes heaven rejoicing over a repentant sinner, contrasting with God's delight in judgment.

Zephaniah 3:17 shows God rejoicing over his people with singing, opposite of rejoicing to destroy.

Micah 7:18 Contrast

Micah 7:18 celebrates God's delight in mercy, contrasting with delight in destruction.

Ezekiel 33:11 states God takes no pleasure in death—directly contrasting delight in destruction here.

Ezekiel 5:13 describes God's satisfaction in pouring out fury—parallel to delight in destroying.

Jeremiah 42:10 conditions the promise of building and planting on obedience, echoing the blessing side of the covenant.

Jeremiah 32:41 declares God's joy in doing good to his people, directly opposing delight in ruin.

Jeremiah 31:28 cites God's former pattern of destroying and then reverses it to building, echoing both aspects.

Jeremiah 24:6 echoes the promise of building and planting, paralleling the blessing aspect of the covenant.

Jeremiah 18:7 uses the same 'pluck up' language for declared judgment—parallel to this threat of being plucked off.

Jeremiah 12:15 promises restoration after being plucked up—contrasting with the finality of destruction here.

Isaiah 62:5 Contrast

Isaiah 62:5 portrays God rejoicing over his people like a bridegroom, opposite of delighting to destroy them.

Isaiah 1:24 Parallel

Isaiah 1:24 shows God taking relief in avenging foes—parallel to delight in bringing ruin here.

Proverbs 1:26 parallels this delight in calamity—Wisdom laughs at the destruction of the foolish.

Jeremiah 16:13 describes exile to an unknown land with no favor, directly fulfilling the curse of being plucked off the land.

Amos 9:4 Parallel

Amos 9:4 says God will set His eyes for evil and not good — the exact reversal of blessing described in the curse.

2 Kings 24:3 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 24:3 records the exile as judgment for sin, fulfilling the covenant curse of removal from the land.

1 Kings 14:15 describes God rooting up Israel from the land, using the same curse language as the covenant warning.

Joshua 23:13 warns that disobedience leads to perishing from the land, echoing the removal theme in Deuteronomy.

Numbers 33:56 threatens that God will do to Israel as he did to the Canaanites, directly paralleling the destruction threat.

Jeremiah 10:18 depicts God slinging out inhabitants, echoing the same violent removal promised in the curse.

Hosea 9:3 Parallel

Hosea 9:3 warns of exile from the Lord's land, mirroring the curse of being driven off the land God gave.

Hosea 10:10 Parallel

Hosea 10:10 says God desires to chastise, similar to His rejoicing to destroy in the curse.