Deuteronomy 8:14

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
KJV
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
WEB
then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
ASV
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
DARBY
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
BLB
and your heart is lifted up, and you forget YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;
ÅB
at du da ikke opphøyer deg i ditt hjerte, så du glemmer Herren din Gud, som førte deg ut av Egypt, av slavehuset,
OTB
da vil ditt hjerte bli stolt, og du vil glemme Herren din Gud som førte deg ut av Egypt, ut av slavehuset.
B1930
at du da ikke ophøier dig i ditt hjerte, så du glemmer Herren din Gud, som førte dig ut av Egyptens land, av trælehuset,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:7–8

    For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:25

    But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:16

    But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:11

    Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:20

    Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 2:6

    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

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  • Jeremiah 2:31

    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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