Deuteronomy 8
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Deuteronomy 8:7-14

7For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey,

9a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

10You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

11Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

13when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

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