Deuteronomy 8:5
Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thy raiment waxed not olde vpon thee, neither did thy foote swell those fourtie yeeres.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:31And in the wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.
Deuteronomy 4:23Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lord your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lord thy God hath charged thee.
Job 5:17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Proverbs 3:12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
Ezekiel 12:3Therefore thou sonne of man, prepare thy stuffe to goe into captiuitie, and goe foorth by day in their sight: and thou shalt passe from thy place to another place in their sight, if it be possible that they may consider it: 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 →