Deuteronomy 8
Deuteronomy 8 is chapter 8 of 34 in the book of Deuteronomy, with 20 verses in the Berean Standard Bible.
DeuteronomyChapter 8 of 3420 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Egypt
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You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 40: How did Israel first hear Genesis 22?
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 50: How did Israel first hear the story of Esau's stew?
Man shall not live on bread alone — Jesus' first temptation response
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’””
Read Matthew 4:4›Man shall not live on bread alone — Luke's temptation account
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’””
Read Luke 4:4›Jesus quotes Moses in the wilderness temptation: 'Man shall not live by bread alone.' He used the same words that sustained Israel for 40 years.
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’””
Read Matthew 4:4›Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 31: Sarah Laughed Behind the Tent: Is Anything Too Hard for God? (Genesis 18)
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Deuteronomy 8
“because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’””
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’””
Deuteronomy 8:18Proverbs 10:22
“The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.”
“For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
Deuteronomy 8 on Doxa
- The LORD Will Provide: Why the Hebrew Says God Will See (Genesis 22) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 40
- The Word That Links Esau's Stew to the Cross (Genesis 25:27–34) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 50
- Sarah Laughed Behind the Tent: Is Anything Too Hard for God? (Genesis 18) · Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 31
- The Lost Discipline: The Spiritual Practice the Church Forgot
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