Deuteronomy 8:11-20

The Voice

¹¹ But then be very careful! Don’t forget the Eternal your God and disobey the commands and decrees and rules I’m giving you today. ¹² When your stomachs are full, when you’ve built comfortable houses to live in, ¹³ when you have large herds and flocks, when you possess plenty of silver and gold, and when you have more things than you imagined possible; ¹⁴ then don’t become proud and puffed up and forget Him. He brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves; ¹⁵ and He led you through that awful, vast wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, through that desert where there was no water. He made water come out of a hard rock; ¹⁶ and He fed you in the wilderness with manna, a food your ancestors had never heard of. He did all this to humble you and test you, but it was all intended for your good in the end. ¹⁷ If He hadn’t, you might have believed, “I’ve gotten all this wealth by my own power and strength!” ¹⁸ Remember the Eternal One your God. He’s the One who gives you the power to get wealth, so He can keep the covenant promises He made to your ancestors, as He is doing now. ¹⁹ I testify against you today that if you do forget Him and pursue other gods, if you worship them and bow down to them; then you will certainly be destroyed. ²⁰ Just like the nations the Eternal is now destroying ahead of you, you’ll be destroyed yourselves because you wouldn’t listen to His voice.