Deuteronomy 6:11

houses full of goods, which you did not amass; cisterns, which you did not dig; vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant;

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In The King James Version

And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

In Context

10And when the Lord your God will have led you into the land, about which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and when he will have given to you great and excellent cities, which you did not build;

12and when you will have eaten and been satisfied:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:10So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.

Deuteronomy 8:14your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,

Deuteronomy 11:15and your hay from the fields in order to feed your cattle, and so that you yourselves may eat and be satisfied.

Joshua 24:13And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’

Nehemiah 9:25And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.

Jeremiah 2:31Consider the word of the Lord. Have I become like a wilderness to Israel, or like a land late to bear fruit? Then why have my people said, ‘We are withdrawing; we will no longer approach you’?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17

Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →

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