King James VersionDeuteronomy8

Deuteronomy

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.