Deuteronomy 8:5
And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
6And thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
Proverbs 3:12For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for exile, and remove as though for exile by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will perceive, for 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 →