Deuteronomy 8:12

“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”

"Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;" - Deuteronomy 8:12
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What does Deuteronomy 8:12 mean?

Deuteronomy 8:12 (KJV) states: "Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;" This verse is part of Moses' speech to the Israelites as they are about to enter the promised land. In this particular section of Deuteronomy, Moses is…

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Remembering the Source of Our Fulfillment

In Deuteronomy 8:12, we are warned with these compelling words: "Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein." This verse is part of a larger discourse where Moses reminds the Israelites of God's provision as they prepare to enter the…

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A Prayer of Gratitude and Humility

Heavenly Father, As I gather my thoughts before You, I find myself meditating on the profound message of Deuteronomy 8:12, which reminds us, "Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein". Lord, I come before You in awe of Your…

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Deuteronomy 8:12 - "Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;"
Deuteronomy 12:8 - "Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes."
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Deuteronomy 31:8
Deuteronomy 8:8 - "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;"
"Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes." - Deuteronomy 12:8
Deuteronomy 14:12 - "But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,"
Deuteronomy 24:12 - "And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:"
Deuteronomy 12:4 - "Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 12:24 - "Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water."
Deuteronomy 32:12 - "So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him."
Deuteronomy 23:8 - "The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation."
Deuteronomy 5:12 - "Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee."
Deuteronomy 20:12 - "And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:"
Deuteronomy 27:8 - "And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."
Deuteronomy 12:9 - "For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you."
Deuteronomy 12:19 - "Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth."
Deuteronomy 12:16 - "Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water."
Deuteronomy 18:8 - "They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony."
Deuteronomy 16:12 - "And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes."
Deuteronomy 29:8 - "And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh."
Deuteronomy 34:12 - "And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel."
Deuteronomy 12:23 - "Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh."
Deuteronomy 1:12 - "How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?"
Deuteronomy 12:13 - "Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:"
Deuteronomy 23:12 - "¶ Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:"
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