Deuteronomy Chapter 8

Deuteronomy Chapter 8
1 Ye shall keep all the commandments
which I command thee this day, for to do
them: that ye may live, and be
multiplied, and go in, and possess the
land which the Lord swear unto your
fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the way
which the Lord thy God led thee this
forty year in the wilderness, for to
humble thee and to prove thee, to know
what was in thine heart, whether thou
wouldest keep his commandments or no.
3 Therefore he humbled thee, and made
thee hungry, and fed thee with manna,
which thou knewest not, neither did thy
fathers know it, that he might teach thee
that man liveth not by bread only, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of the Lord, doth a man live.
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee,
neither did thy foot swell those forty
years.
5 Know therefore in thine heart, that as a
man nurtureth his son, so the Lord thy
God nurtureth thee.
6 Therefore shalt thou keep the
commandments of the Lord thy God, that
thou mayest walk in his ways, and fear
him.
7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into
a good land, a land in the which are
rivers of water and fountains, and depths
that spring out of valleys and mountains:
8 A land of wheat and barley, and of
vineyards, and fig trees, and
pomegranates: a land of oil olive and
honey:
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread
without scarcity, neither shalt thou lack
anything therein: a land whose stones
are iron, and out of whose mountains
thou shalt dig brass.
10 And when thou hast eaten and filled
thyself, 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, not keeping his commandments,
and his laws, and his ordinances, which
I command thee this day:
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and filled
thyself, and hast built goodly houses and
dwelt therein,
13 And thy beasts, and thy sheep are
increased, and thy sliver and gold is
multiplied, and all that thou hast is
increased,
14 Then thine heart be lifted up and thou
forget the Lord thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage, 15 Who was thy guide
in the great and terrible wilderness (
wherein were fiery serpents, and
scorpions, and drought, where was no
water, who brought forth water for thee
out of the rock of flint:
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with
manna, which thy fathers knew not) to
humble thee, and to prove thee, that he
might do thee good at thy latter end. 17
Beware lest thou say in thine heart, My
power, and the strength of mine own
hand hath prepared me this abundance.
18 But remember the Lord thy God: for
it is he which giveth thee power to get
substance to establish his covenant
which he swear unto thy fathers, as
appeareth this day.
19 And if thou forget the Lord thy God,
and walk after other gods, and serve
them, and worship them, I testify unto
you this day that ye shall surely perish.
20 As the nations which the Lord
destroyeth before you, so ye shall perish,
because ye would not be obedient unto
the voice of the Lord your God.