Deuteronomy:8:1-20

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ylt @Deuteronomy:8:1 @'All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do , so that ye live , and have multiplied , and gone in , and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:2 @and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness , in order to humble thee to try thee , to know that which [is ] in thy heart , whether thou dost keep His commands or not . ylt @Deuteronomy:8:3 @'And He doth humble thee , and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known , even thy fathers have not known ), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live , but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live . ylt @Deuteronomy:8:4 @'Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee , and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years , ylt @Deuteronomy:8:5 @and thou hast known , with thy heart , that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee , ylt @Deuteronomy:8:6 @and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God , to walk in His ways , and to fear Him . ylt @Deuteronomy:8:7 @'For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land , a land of brooks of waters , of fountains , and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain : ylt @Deuteronomy:8:8 @a land of wheat , and barley , and vine , and fig , and pomegranate ; a land of oil olive and honey ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:9 @a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread , thou dost not lack anything in it ; a land whose stones [are ] iron , and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:10 @and thou hast eaten , and been satisfied , and hast blessed Jehovah thy God , on the good land which he hath given to thee . ylt @Deuteronomy:8:11 @'Take heed to thyself , lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands , and His judgments , and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:12 @lest thou eat , and hast been satisfied , and good houses dost build , and hast inhabited ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:13 @and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied , and silver and gold be multiplied to thee ; and all that is thine be multiplied : ylt @Deuteronomy:8:14 @'And thy heart hath been high , and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt , out of a house of servants ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:15 @who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent , and scorpion , and thirst -- where there is no water ; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:16 @who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness , which thy fathers have not known , in order to humble thee , and in order to try thee , to do thee good in thy latter end ), ylt @Deuteronomy:8:17 @and thou hast said in thy heart , My power , and the might of my hand , hath made for me this wealth : ylt @Deuteronomy:8:18 @'And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God , for He it [is ] who is giving to thee power to make wealth , in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as [at ] this day . ylt @Deuteronomy:8:19 @'And it hath been -- if thou really forget Jehovah thy God , and hast gone after other gods , and served them , and bowed thyself to them , I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly perish ; ylt @Deuteronomy:8:20 @as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence , so ye perish ; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God .

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