¹¹ “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, ^12 (A)lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, ¹³ and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, ^14 (B)then your heart be lifted up, and you ^(C)forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, ¹⁵ who ^(D)led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, ^(E)with its fiery serpents and scorpions ^(F)and thirsty ground where there was no water, ^(G)who brought you water out of the flinty rock, ¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with ^(H)manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, ^(I)to do you good in the end. ¹⁷ Beware ^(J)lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ ¹⁸ You shall remember the Lord your God, for ^(K)it is he who gives you power to get wealth, ^(L)that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. ¹⁹ And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, ^(M)I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish. ²⁰ Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, ^(N)so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

Not Because of Righteousness

9 “Hear, O Israel: you are ^(O)to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations ^(P)greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven, ² a people great and tall, ^(Q)the sons of the Anakim, ^(R)whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’ ³ Know therefore today that he who ^(S)goes over before you ^(T)as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. ^(U)So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.