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Make sure you don't forget God, your God, by not keeping his commandments, his rules and regulations that I command you today
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Make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in,
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see your herds and flocks flourish and more and more money come in, watch your standard of living going up and up -
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make sure you don't become so full of yourself and your things that you forget God, your God, the God who delivered you from Egyptian slavery;
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the God who led you through that huge and fearsome wilderness, those desolate, arid badlands crawling with fiery snakes and scorpions; the God who gave you water gushing from hard rock;
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.