1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye
observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
2 And
thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty
years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in
thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
3 And
he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which
thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know
that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
4 Thy
raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
5 Thou
shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the
LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
6 Therefore
thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and
to fear him.
7 For
the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of
fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
8 A
land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land
of oil olive, and honey;
9 A
land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in
it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou
mayest dig brass.
10 When
thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the
good land which he hath given thee.
11 Beware
that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his
judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
12 Lest when thou
hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy
herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and
all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then
thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee
forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 Who
led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery
serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water
out of the rock of flint;
16 Who
fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he
might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter
end;
17 And
thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand
hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But
thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get
wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this
day.
19 And
it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other
gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye
shall surely perish.
20 As
the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish;
because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
