Deuteronomy 6:12

12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lorde which broughte the out off the lande of Egipte the housse of bondage.

Deuteronomy 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:12

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord
To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; ( Proverbs 30:9 )

which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage;
into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: ( Exodus 20:2 ) .

Deuteronomy 6:12 In-Context

10 And when the Lorde thy God hath borught the in to the lond which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, to geue the with greate and goodly cities which thou byldest not,

11 and housses full of all maner goodes which thou filledest not, and welles dygged which thou dyggedest not, ad vynes and olyue trees which thou plantedest not, ad whe thou hast eaten, and art full:

12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lorde which broughte the out off the lande of Egipte the housse of bondage.

13 But feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym, and swere by his name,

14 and se that ye walke not after straunge goddes of the Goddes off the nacyons whiche are aboute you.