10 When you have eaten and are satisfied,(A) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget(B) the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,(C) 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(D) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,(E) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes(F) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.(G) 16 He gave you manna(H) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(I) to humble and test(J) you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to yourself,(K) “My power and the strength of my hands(L) have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,(M) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods(N) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.(O) 20 Like the nations(P) the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.(Q)

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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](A) Love(B) the Lord your God with all your heart(C) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(D) These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(E) Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(F) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(G) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(H)

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(I) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(J) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(K) 12 be careful that you do not forget(L) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone

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