Deuteronomy 8:11–18

¹¹Be careful not to forget the Lord your God so that you fail to obey his commands, laws, and rules that I am giving to you today. ¹²When you eat all you want and build nice houses and live in them, ¹³when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase, when you have more of everything, ¹⁴then your heart will become proud. You will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves. ¹⁵He led you through the large and terrible desert that was dry and had no water, and that had poisonous snakes and stinging insects. He gave you water from a solid rock ¹⁶and manna to eat in the desert. Manna was something your ancestors had never seen. He did this to take away your pride and to test you, so things would go well for you in the end. ¹⁷You might say to yourself, “I am rich because of my own power and strength,” ¹⁸but remember the Lord your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich, keeping the agreement he promised to your ancestors, as it is today.