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11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today; 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint; 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end; 17 and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.” 18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

19 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish. 20 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

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11 “Be careful that you do not (A)forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, His ordinances, and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12 otherwise, (B)when you eat and are satisfied, and you build good houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and your flocks increase, and your silver and gold increase, and everything that you have increases, 14 then your heart will [a]become proud and you will (C)forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [b]slavery; 15 He who led you through (D)the great and terrible wilderness, with its (E)fiery serpents and scorpions, and its thirsty ground where there was no water; He who (F)brought water for you out of the rock of flint. 16 In the wilderness it was He who fed you manna (G)which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and in order to (H)put you to the test, to do good for you [c]in the end. 17 Otherwise, (I)you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’ 18 But you are to remember the Lord your God, for (J)it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall come about, if you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and serve and worship them, (K)I testify against you today that you will certainly perish. 20 Like the nations that the Lord eliminates from you, so (L)you shall perish, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit be high
  2. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit slaves
  3. Deuteronomy 8:16 Lit at your end