Deuteronomy 8:1–10

Do Not Forget the Lord

8Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live^t and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.^{u 2}Remember how the Lord your God led^v you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test^w you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. ³He humbled^x you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,^y which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach^z you that man does not live on bread^a alone but on every word that comes from the mouth^b of the Lord.^{c 4}Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.^{d 5}Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.^e

⁶Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him^f and revering him.^{g 7}For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land^h—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;^{i 8}a land with wheat and barley,^j vines^k and fig trees,^l pomegranates, olive oil and honey;^{m 9}a land where breadⁿ will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;^o a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.^p

¹⁰When you have eaten and are satisfied,^q praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.