Deuteronomy
Chapter Eight
1 ¶ "Every commandment
which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live
and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your
fathers.
2 "And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was
in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
3 "So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which
you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that
man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of the LORD.
4 "Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these
forty years.
5 "You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the
LORD your God chastens you.
6 "Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk
in His ways and to fear Him.
7 "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks
of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills;
8 "a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates,
a land of olive oil and honey;
9 "a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will
lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig
copper.
10 ¶ "When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD
your God for the good land which He has given you.
11 "Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His
commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today,
12 "lest-when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses
and dwell in them;
13 "and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your
gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14 "when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 "who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were
fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who
brought water for you out of the flinty rock;
16 "who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not
know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in
the end-
17 "then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have
gained me this wealth.'
18 "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you
power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day.
19 "Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and
follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this
day that you shall surely perish.
20 "As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish,
because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.
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