Deuteronomy 8:12
For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,
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In The King James Version
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the Lord your God with happiness and with a joyful attitude,
Deuteronomy 32:15But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.
Ecclesiastes 2:4Then I tried great construction projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
Ezekiel 11:3They're saying, ‘Is this the time for us to be building houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat inside it.’
Amos 5:11Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
Luke 17:28It will be like it was in Lot's day. People went on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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 →