Deuteronomy:8

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* All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do , that ye may live , and multiply , and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers . * And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness , that He might afflict thee , to prove thee , to know what was in thy heart , whether thou wouldest keep His commandments , or no . * And He afflicted thee , and suffered thee to hunger , and fed 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 thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live . * Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee , neither did thy foot swell , these forty years . * And thou shalt consider in thy heart , that , as a man chasteneth his son , so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee . * And thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God , to walk in His ways , and to fear Him . * For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land , a land of brooks of water , of fountains and depths , springing forth in valleys and hills ; * a land of wheat and barley , and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates ; a land of olive-trees and honey ; * a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness , thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land whose stones are iron , and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass . * And thou shalt eat and be satisfied , and bless the LORD thy God for the good land which He hath given thee . * Beware lest thou forget the LORD thy God , in not keeping His commandments , and His ordinances , and His statutes , which I command thee this day ; * lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied , and hast built goodly houses , and dwelt therein ; * and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply , and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied , and all that thou hast is multiplied ; * then thy heart be lifted up , and thou forget the LORD thy God , who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage ; * who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness , wherein were serpents , fiery serpents , and scorpions , and thirsty ground where was no water ; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint ; * who fed thee in the wilderness with manna , which thy fathers knew not , that He might afflict thee , and that He might prove thee , to do thee good at thy latter end ; * and thou say in thy heart : 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth .' * But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God , for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth , that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers , as it is this day . * And it shall be , if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God , and walk after other gods , and serve them , and worship them , I forewarn you this day that ye shall surely perish . * As the nations that the LORD maketh to perish before you , so shall ye perish ; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God .

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