Deuteronomy 8:5
And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
6and thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came to this place.
Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
Proverbs 3:12for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Ezekiel 12:3And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:2-10
A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 All the commandments 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 sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and… Read the whole commentary →