Deuteronomy 8:5
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
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In Context
4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
6Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, 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 →