Do Not Forget the Lord

8 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live^(A) and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.^{(B) 2} Remember how the Lord your God led^(C) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test^(D) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. ³ He humbled^(E) you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,^(F) which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach^(G) you that man does not live on bread^(H) alone but on every word that comes from the mouth^(I) of the Lord.^(J)

⁶ Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him^(A) and revering him.^{(B) 7} For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land^(C)—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;^{(D) 8} a land with wheat and barley,^(E) vines^(F) and fig trees,^(G) pomegranates, olive oil and honey;^{(H) 9} a land where bread^(I) will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;^(J) a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.^(K)

¹⁰ When you have eaten and are satisfied,^(L) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

¹⁷ You may say to yourself,^(A) “My power and the strength of my hands^(B) 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,^(C) 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^(D) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.^{(E) 20} Like the nations^(F) the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.^(G)