lesserot Deuteronomy:8:1-20 SEEK
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All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do ;
in order that ye may live ,
and multiply ,
and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord hath sworn unto your fathers .
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And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness ,
in order to afflict thee ,
to prove thee ,
to know what is in thy heart ,
whether thou wouldst keep his commandments ,
or not .
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And he afflicted thee ,
and suffered thee to hunger ,
and he gave thee manna to eat ,
which thou knewest not ,
and which thy fathers had not known ;
in order that he might make thee know that not by bread alone man doth live ,
but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live .
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Thy garment did not fall worn out from thee ,
and thy foot did not swell ,
these forty years .
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And thou shalt consider in thy heart ,
that ,
as a man chasteneth his son ,
so doth the Lord thy God chasten thee .
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And thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God ,
to walk in his ways ,
and to fear him .
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For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land ,
a land of brooks of water ,
of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and mountains ;
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A land of wheat ,
and barley ,
and of the vine ,
and the fig –
tree ,
and the pomegranate ;
a land of the oil –
olive ,
and of honey ;
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A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness ,
wherein thou shalt not lack anything ;
a land the stones whereof are iron ,
and out of the mountains of which thou canst hew copper .
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And when thou hast eaten and art satisfied ,
then shalt thou bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee .
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Take heed unto thyself that thou forget not the Lord thy God ,
so as not to keep his commandments ,
and his ordinances ,
and his statutes ,
which I command thee this day ;
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That when thou hast eaten and art satisfied ,
and hast built goodly houses ,
and dwelt therein ;
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And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply ,
and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied ,
and all that thou hast is multiplied :
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Thy heart be then not lifted up ,
and thou forget the Lord thy God ,
who hath brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt ,
from the house of slavery ;
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Who hath led thee through the great and terrible wilderness ,
wherein are snakes ,
poisonous serpents ,
and scorpions ,
and drought ,
where there is no water ;
who hath brought forth for thee water out of the flinty rock ;
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Who hath fed thee in the wilderness with manna ,
which thy fathers knew not ;
in order to afflict thee ,
and in order to prove thee ,
to do thee good at thy latter end ;
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And thou say in thy heart ,
My power and the strength of my hand have gotten me this wealth .
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But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God ;
for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth ;
in order that he might fulfill his covenant which he hath sworn unto thy fathers ,
as it is this day .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that ,
if thou shouldst forget the Lord thy God ,
and walk after other gods ,
and serve them ,
and bow thyself down to them ,
I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish ;
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Like the nations which the Lord destroyeth from before you ,
so shall ye perish ;
in recompense of that ye would not hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God .