When recounting the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai, Moses told the sons of Israel: “See, I am putting before you today blessing and malediction: the blessing, provided you will obey the commandments of Jehovah your God that I am commanding you today; and the malediction, if you will not obey the commandments of Jehovah your God and you do turn aside from the way about which I am commanding you today. ” ​ — Deuteronomy 11: 26 - 28.
पहिले राजे पुस्तकात हे महत्त्वपूर्ण सत्य किती स्पष्ट शब्दांत आपल्या निदर्शनास आणून देण्यात आले आहे.