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Deuteronomy 8:12

Deuteronomy chapter 8 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

Context

v.11Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

v.12This passage

v.13and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 13:5

    I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

  • Proverbs 30:9

    Lest I be full, and denythee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Amos 5:11

    Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.

  • Ezekiel 11:3

    that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.