Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(A) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(B)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(C)

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When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(A)
    then they forgot(B) me.(C)

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20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors,(A) and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods(B) and worship them,(C) rejecting me and breaking my covenant.(D)

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49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:(A) She and her daughters were arrogant,(B) overfed and unconcerned;(C) they did not help the poor and needy.(D) 50 They were haughty(E) and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.(F)

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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.

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24 “If I have put my trust in gold(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(B)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(C)
    the fortune my hands had gained,(D)
26 if I have regarded the sun(E) in its radiance
    or the moon(F) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(G)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(H)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(I)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(J)

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25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(A) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(B) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(C) they reveled in your great goodness.(D)

26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(E) They killed(F) your prophets,(G) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(H)

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15 Jeshurun[a](A) grew fat(B) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(C) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(D) their Savior.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

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,(A) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(B) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(C) 12 be careful that you do not forget(D) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(B)

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“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(A)

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22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”

Immediately a rooster crowed.

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