Deuteronomy 8:12

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,

Deuteronomy 8:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
ESV
12 lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
NLT
12 For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,
MSG
12 Make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in,
CSB
12 When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Deuteronomy 8:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 8:12

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full
Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with great plenty:

and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];
who for forty years had only dwelt in tents, moving from place to place in the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 8:12 In-Context

10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Proverbs 30:9; Hosea 13:6
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