Deuteronomy 8:17
Deuteronomy chapter 8 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Context
v.16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
v.17This passage
v.18But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
- Deuteronomy 7:17
If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
- Isaiah 10:8
For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?
- Deuteronomy 9:4
Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee.
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
- Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.