(A)Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

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(A)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

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20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves (A)and grown fat, (B)then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

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49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, (A)fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty and (B)committed abomination before Me; therefore (C)I took them away as [a]I saw fit.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:50 Vg. you saw; LXX he saw; Tg. as was revealed to Me

10 (A)When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

11 “Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, 12 (B)lest—when you have eaten and are [a]full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are [b]multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 (C)when your heart [c]is lifted up, and you (D)forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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  1. Deuteronomy 8:12 satisfied
  2. Deuteronomy 8:13 increased
  3. Deuteronomy 8:14 becomes proud

24 “If(A) I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
25 (B)If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had gained much;
26 (C)If I have observed the [a]sun when it shines,
Or the moon moving in brightness,
27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed,
And my mouth has kissed my hand;
28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.

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  1. Job 31:26 Lit. light

25 And they took strong cities and a (A)rich land,
And possessed (B)houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And [a]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and (C)grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great (D)goodness.

26 “Nevertheless they (E)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(F)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (G)prophets, who [b]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:25 Lit. trees for eating
  2. Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them

15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
(A)You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he (B)forsook God who (C)made him,
And scornfully esteemed the (D)Rock of his salvation.

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Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He [a]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities (A)which you did not build, 11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—(B)when you have eaten and are full— 12 then beware, lest you forget the (C)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:10 promised

31 “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We [a]are lords;
(A)We will come no more to You’?

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  1. Jeremiah 2:31 have dominion

(A)“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord (B)will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

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22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (A)struck him, because (B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [a]died.

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  1. Acts 12:23 breathed his last

74 Then (A)he began to [a]curse and [b]swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!”

Immediately a rooster crowed.

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  1. Matthew 26:74 call down curses
  2. Matthew 26:74 Swear oaths

72 But again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the Man!”

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14 (A)Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.

Jerusalem’s Harlotry

15 (B)“But you trusted in your own beauty, (C)played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it.

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27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be (A)a witness to us, for (B)it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”

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24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
(A)He [a]swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 29:24 Lit. hears the adjuration or oath

30 People do not despise a thief
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
31 Yet when he is found, (A)he must restore sevenfold;
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

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The Trespass Offering

‘If a person sins in (A)hearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he (B)bears [a]guilt.

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  1. Leviticus 5:1 his iniquity

And Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (B)nor will I let Israel go.”

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30 The king (A)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

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17 ‘This decision is by the decree of the watchers,
And the sentence by the word of the holy ones,
In order (A)that the living may know
(B)That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,
(C)Gives it to whomever He will,
And sets over it the (D)lowest of men.’

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For (A)the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous,
Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.

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15 Now therefore, (A)do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’ ”

16 Furthermore, his servants spoke against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.

17 He also wrote letters to revile the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, (B)“As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my (C)hand.”

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