Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 8 ©

An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness in his dealings with Israel.

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ALL athe commandments which I command thee this day bshall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

a ch. 4.1-3; 6.1-3. Ps. 119.4,6; 19.11. 1Co. 15.58. Mat. 6.33. 1Ti. 4.8. Tit. 3.8. Is. 3.10; 1.19. Ro. 2.7,10.
b ch. 5.32,33.
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And cthou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and dto *prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

c ch. 7.18,19; 1.3; 2.7; 13.3; 29.5. Ex. 16.4. 2Ch. 32.31. 1Pe. 1.7. Ja. 1.12. Jn. 16.33. Ac. 14.22. 2Ti. 3.12.
d v.16.
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And he humbled thee, and esuffered thee to hunger, and ffed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

e Ex. 16.2-34. Mat. 4.4. Lu. 4.4. v.10. 1Ti. 4.4,5. Ps. 104.29,30.
f Ex. 16.12,14,15,35.
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Thy g*raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

g Ne. 9.21. ch. 29.5. Mat. 6.31,32.
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Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, has a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

h Pr. 3.11,12. Job 5.17,18. 2Sa. 7.14. He. 12.5-10. Ps. 89.32; 94.12. Re. 3.19. ch. 11.2.
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Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to iwalk in his ways, and to fear him.

i Ex. 18.20. Ps. 25.4; 128.1; 112.1. ch. 6.2,13; 10.12. 2Ch. 6.31.
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For the LORD thy God jbringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

j ch. 6.10,11; 11.10-12. Ps. 104.10,11; 65.9,10,13. Ex. 3.8. Eze. 20.6. Ne. 9.22-25.
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A land of wheat, and barley, kand vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land 1of oil olive, and honey;

k Nu. 20.5.
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A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a lland whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

l ch. 33.25. Job 28.2.
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When mthou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

m ch. 6.11,12. Ps. 103.2; 105; 135; 136. Mat. 14.19,20. 2Ch. 17.5,6. 1Th. 5.18. 1Ti. 4.5. Ro. 14.6.
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Beware nthat thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

n v.14. ch. 6.12; 4.9,23. Je. 2.36. Ho. 13.6.
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Lest when thou ohast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

o ch. 6.11,12; 28.47; 31.20; 32.15. Pr. 30.9. Ho. 13.6. Eze. 16.48. Je. 5.8. Ps. 73.3-9. Job 21.7-15.
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And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

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Then thine heart be plifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

p ch. 32.15; 17.20; 6.12. Ho. 13.6. 1Co. 4.7. Je. 2.31. Ex. 1-14. Ps. 78.11; 106.21.
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Who qled thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were rfiery serpents, and sscorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

q Je. 2.6. Is. 63.13. Ps. 136.16. Ex. 13.21. ch. 1.19.
r Nu. 21.6,8; 20.11. Ho. 13.5. Is. 35.7. Ex. 17.6. ch. 32.13. Ps. 114.7.
s Eze. 2.6.
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Who tfed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might *prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

t v.2,3. Ex. 16.15. Ne. 9.20,21. Ps. 78.24,25; 94.12. He. 12.10,11. Je. 24.5-7; 29.11. 1Pe. 1.7. Ja. 1.12. Ro. 8.28. 2Co. 4.17.
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And thou usay in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath *gotten me this wealth.

u v.14. Is. 10.13. Da. 4.30. Pr. 1.13.
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But thou shalt vremember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

v Pr. 10.22; 17.2. Ho. 2.8. Is. 28.26. Ps. 144.1; 127.1,2; 122.3; 75.6,7. Ge. 24.35. Mat. 6.33. 1Ti. 4.8. 1Ch. 29.12. 2Ch. 1.12. Ja. 1.17.
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And it shall be, wif thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

w ch. 4.25,26; 31.16,17; 32.15-26; 28.15-68. Le. 26.14-39. Zep. 1.18. Da. 9.12. Am. 3.2. Lu. 12.47,48; 13.3,5. 1Sa. 12.25.
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As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, xso shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

x Da. 9.11,12.