Deuteronomy 8:11
'Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
Cross References
Leviticus 13:48or in the warp, or in the woof, of linen or of wool, or in a skin, or in any work of skin,
Deuteronomy 4:5'See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me — to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it;
Deuteronomy 7:11and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.
Judges 3:7and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.
Proverbs 1:32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Jeremiah 23:27Who are devising to cause My people To forget My name by their dreams, That they recount each to his neighbour, As their fathers forgot 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 →