Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them ;
Webster 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 thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things :
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou hast waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Ezekiel 11:3Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Luke 17:28Likewise also as it was 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 →