Deuteronomy 8

1 You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

2 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.

3 He humbled you, and in your hunger He 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.

4 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

7 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;

8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

10 When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

11 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.

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

14 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.

15 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.

16 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.

17 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

18 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 even to this day.

19 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.

20 Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.

1 ¶ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

10 ¶ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];

13 And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye keep, and do them; that ye may live, and be multiplied, and come in, and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

2 And remember all the way wherein the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to try thee, that it might be known what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

3 He humbled thee, and caused thee to hunger, and fed thee with man, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by all that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD.

4 Thy garments are not old upon thee, neither are thy feet swollen these forty years.

5 Know thou then in thine heart, that the LORD thy God hath drawn thee, as a man draweth his son.

6 Keep therefore the commandments of the LORD thy God, that thou walk in his ways, and fear him.

7 For the LORD thy God leadeth thee into a good land, a land that hath rivers, and fountains, and lakes within, that flow in the mountains, and in the meadows;

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates, in the midst thereof; a land of olive trees, and honey in the midst thereof;

9 A land where thou hast bread enough to eat, where thou lackest nothing: a land whose stones are iron, where thou hewest brass out of the mountains.

10 And when thou hast eaten and art full, that thou mayest praise the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 Take heed therefore that thou forget not the LORD thy God, lest thou keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which I command thee this day;

12 That when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein,

13 And thy oxen, and thy sheep, and thy silver, and thy gold, and all that thou hast, shall multiply,

14 Then let not thine heart be lifted up, and forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

15 And he led thee through the great and cruel wilderness, where were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, and no water: and he caused water to pass out of the hard rock unto thee,

16 And fed thee with Man in the wilderness, of whom thy fathers knew nothing, that he might humble thee, and try thee, that he might do thee good hereafter.

17 Or else thou shalt say in thine heart, My strength, and the strength of mine hands, have gotten me this fortune;

18 But remember the LORD thy God: for he it is that giveth thee strength to do mighty works, to keep his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19 But if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God, and shalt go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day, that ye shall perish;

20 Even as the heathen which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye also perish, because ye obey not the voice of the LORD your God.