Bible knowledge is fine, I've read it enough to be able to tell when a yeacher is teaching the letter or the Spirit. I still check every verse we converse about. My point was the verse of the day had no spiritual application, it just said if you follow the law with no context. The context of "if" was the verse that proceded it, verse 9.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: