Deuteronomy 8:11
Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh thy God,—so as not to keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12lest thou eat, and be satisfied,—and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit;
Cross References
Leviticus 13:48either in warp or in weft, made with flax, or with wool,—or in a skin, or in anything wrought of skin;
Deuteronomy 4:5See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,—that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.
Deuteronomy 7:11So shalt thou keep the commandment and the statutes and the regulations, which I am commanding thee to-day, to do them.
Judges 3:7Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God,—and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Proverbs 1:32For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them,—and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
Jeremiah 23:27Who lay a plot to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they relate every man to his neighbour,—Just as their fathers forgat, my name, for Baal.
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 →