Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest, when thou have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelt in it,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou served not LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things,
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made for me great works. I built for me houses. I planted for me vineyards.
Ezekiel 11:3who say, [The time] is not near to build houses. This [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Amos 5:11Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Luke 17:28And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:11-20
Cautions Relating to Worldly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all… Read the whole commentary →