Deuteronomy 8:12
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.You have grown fat.You have grown thick.You have become sleek.Then he forsook God who made him,and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
Ezekiel 11:3who say, 'The time is not near to build houses: this is the caldron, and we are the meat.'
Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor,and take taxes from him of wheat:You have built houses of cut stone,but you will not dwell in them.You have planted pleasant vineyards,but you shall not drink their wine.
Luke 17:28Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
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 →