Deuteronomy 8:13 - Prayer Tents

God’s Gracious Dealings

8"All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore [to give] to your forefathers.H4687H6680H3117H8104H6213H2421H7235H935H3423H776H3068H7650H1 2"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.H2142H1870H3068H430H3212H705H8141H4057H6031H5254H3045H3824H8104H4687 3"And He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.H6031H7456H398H4478H3045H1H3045H3045H120H2421H3899H905H4161H6310H3068H120H2421 4"Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.H8071H1086H7272H1216H705H8141 5"Thus you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.H3045H5973H3824H376H3256H1121H3068H430H3256 6"Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.H8104H4687H3068H430H3212H1870H3372 7"For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;H3068H430H935H2896H776H776H5158H4325H5869H8415H3318H1237H2022 8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;H776H2406H8184H1612H8384H7416H776H8081H2132H1706 9a land where you shall eat food without scarcity, in which you shall not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.H776H834H398H3899H3808H4544H2637H776H68H1270H2042H2672H5178 10"When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you.H398H7646H1288H3068H430H2896H776H5414 11"Beware lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;H8104H7911H3068H430H8104H4687H4941H2708H6680H3117 12lest, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived [in them],H398H7646H1129H2896H1004H3427 13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,H1241H6629H7235H3701H2091H7235H7235 14then your heart becomes proud, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.H3824H7311H7911H3068H430H3318H776H4714H1004H5650 15"He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [with its] fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.H3212H1419H3372H4057H8314H5175H6137H6774H4325H3318H4325H6697H2496 16"In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.H398H4057H4478H1H3045H6031H5254H3190H319 17"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'H559H3824H3581H6108H3027H6213H2428 18"But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as [it is] this day.H2142H3068H430H5414H3581H6213H2428H6965H1285H7650H1H3117 19"And it shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God, and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.H7911H7911H3068H430H1980H310H312H430H5647H7812H5749H3117H6H6 20"Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.H1471H3068H6H6440H6H6118H8085H6963H3068H430