Deuteronomy 8 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 8

You must carefully

follow

every

command

I

am giving you today,

so that

you may live

and multiply,

and enter

and possess

the land

the LORD

swore

to your fathers.

Remember that

these

forty

years

the LORD

your God

led you

all

the way

in the wilderness,

so that

He might humble you

and test you

in order to know

what

was in your heart,

whether or

not

you would keep

His commandments.

He humbled you,

and in your hunger

gave you manna

to eat,

which

neither

you nor your fathers

had known,

so that

you might understand

that

man

does not

live

on

bread

alone,

but

on

every

word that comes from

the mouth

of the LORD.

Your clothing

did not

wear out

and your feet

did not

swell

during these

forty

years.

So know

in

your heart

that

just as

a man

disciplines

his son,

so the LORD

your God

disciplines you.

Therefore you shall keep

the commandments

of the LORD

your God,

walking

in His ways

and fearing

Him.

For

the LORD

your God

is bringing

you into

a good

land,

a land

of brooks

and fountains

and springs

that flow

through the valleys

and hills;

a land

of wheat,

barley,

vines,

fig trees,

and pomegranates;

a land

of olive

oil

and honey;

a land

where

you will eat

food

without

scarcity,

where you will lack

nothing;

a land

whose rocks

are iron

and whose hills

can be mined

for copper.

When you eat

and are satisfied,

you are to bless

the LORD

your God

for

the good

land

He has given you.

Be careful

not

to forget

the LORD

your God

by failing

to keep

His commandments

and ordinances

and statutes,

which

I

am giving you

this day.

Otherwise,

when you eat

and are satisfied,

when you build

fine

houses

in which to dwell,

and when your herds

and flocks

grow large,

and your silver

and gold

are multiplied,

and all

you have

increases,

then your heart

will become proud,

and you will forget

the LORD

your God

who brought you out

of the land

of Egypt,

out of the house

of slavery.

He led

you through the vast

and terrifying

wilderness

with its venomous

snakes

and scorpions,

a thirsty

and waterless land.

He brought you

water

from the rock

of flint.

He fed you

in the wilderness

with manna

that

your fathers

had not

known,

in order to

humble you

and test you,

so that in the end

He might cause you to prosper.

You may say

in your heart,

“The power

and the strength

of my hand

has made

this

wealth for me.”

But remember

that it is the LORD

your God

who

gives

you the power

to gain

wealth,

in order to

confirm

His covenant

that

He swore

to your fathers,

as it is this day.

If

you ever forget

the LORD

your God

and go

after

other

gods

to worship

and bow down to them,

I testify

against you today

that

you will surely

perish.

Like the nations

the LORD

has destroyed

before you,

so

you will perish

if you do not

obey

the LORD

your God.

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