then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
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then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
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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;
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then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 8:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 106:21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
- 1 Corinthians 4:7-8 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
- Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
- Jeremiah 2:6 They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
- Jeremiah 2:31 Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain By attributing God’s benefits to thine own wisdom and…
By attributing God’s benefits to thine own wisdom and labor, or to good fortune.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and…
Deu 8:14 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;
Ver. 14. Then thy heart be lifted up.] The devil will easily blow up this blab in the rich man’s heart, whose usual diseases are earthly mindedness and high mindedness. Prosperity makes men proud, secure, impatient. {Jer 22:21} In rest they contract much rust.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thine heart be lifted up; as if thou didst…
Thine heart be lifted up; as if thou didst receive and enjoy these things either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, Deu 8:17, or for thy own merit, Deu 9:4. See Hos 13:6; 1Co 4:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,....…
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,.... The wilderness of Paran, which was great and large, reaching from Sinai to Kadesh, eleven days' journey, and terrible to the sight, nothing being to be seen but dry rocks and barren mountains; see Deu 1:19, and especially for what follows: wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions; fiery serpents, such as bit the Israelites, of which see Num 21:6 and scorpions, a kind of serpents, venomous and mischievous, which have stings in their tails they are continually thrusting out and striking with, as Pliny says (u); and have their name from their great sting; for Aristotle (w) says, this alone of insects has a large sting:
and drought where there was no water; a dry and barren place where no water was to be had; see Psa 63:1 or it may be rather another kind of serpents may be meant, which is called "dipsas"; and so the Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and Samaritan versions render it; the biting of which produces such a thirst as proves mortal, and which must be intolerable in a wilderness where no water is; and from whence it has its name, which signifies thirsty, as does the Hebrew word here used:
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who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; which was done both at Horeb and Kadesh, Exo 17:6 and was very extraordinary; by striking flint, fire is ordinarily produced, and not water. Dr. Shaw observes (x), that it may be more properly named, with other sorts of graphite marble here to be met with, "the rock of amethyst", from their reddish or purple colour and complexion.
(u) Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 25. (w) Hist. Animal. l. 4. c. 7. (x) Travels, p. 317, 442.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lifted up - As if thou didst receive and…
Lifted up - As if thou didst receive and enjoy these things, either, by thy owns wisdom, and valour, and industry, or for thy own merit.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 8:14. Lifted up — As if thou didst…
Deu 8:14. Lifted up — As if thou didst receive and enjoy these things, either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, or by thy own merit.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. thine heart be lifted up] Deu_17:20; Hos_13:6.
14. thine heart be lifted up] Deu_17:20; Hos_13:6.
house of bondage] Deu_6:12.
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