1All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.
2And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments, or not.
3And He humbled you, and let you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that He might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
4Your clothing did not become old upon you, nor did your foot swell, these forty years.
5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
6Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
7For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
8A land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
9A land wherein you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig bronze.
10When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you.
11Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes, which I command you this day:
12Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;
13And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14Then your heart becomes lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; Who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
16Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers knew not, that He might humble you, and that He might test (prove) you, to do you good at your latter end;
17And then you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth”.
18But you shall remember the LORD 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 this day.
19And it shall be, if you do at all forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
20As the nations which the LORD destroys before your face, so shall you perish; because you would not obey the word from of the LORD your God. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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