Deuteronomy 8
King James Version · 20 verses · 477 cross-references linking it to 245 other chapters
Explore Deuteronomy 8 in the interactive map- 1All 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.12 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 5:32 – Deuteronomy 6:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Psalms 119:4–6
- 2And 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.90 cross-references: James 1:3, 1 Peter 1:7, Deuteronomy 8:16, Exodus 16:4, 1 Peter 5:5–6
- 3And 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.32 cross-references: Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4, Hebrews 13:5–6, Exodus 16:2–3, Psalms 78:23–25
- 4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.8 cross-references: Deuteronomy 29:5, Nehemiah 9:21, Matthew 26:25–30
- 5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.22 cross-references: Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 3:12, 2 Samuel 7:14, Job 5:17–18, Hebrews 12:5–11
- 6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.7 cross-references: Deuteronomy 5:33, 2 Chronicles 6:31, Psalms 128:1, Luke 1:6, 1 Samuel 12:24
- 7For 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;29 cross-references: Deuteronomy 11:9–12, Exodus 3:8, Deuteronomy 6:10–11, Ezekiel 20:6, Psalms 65:9–13
- 8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;20 cross-references: John 6:13, Psalms 147:14, Deuteronomy 32:14, Hosea 2:22, John 6:9
- 9A 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 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 22:14, Joshua 22:8, Deuteronomy 33:25, Job 28:2
- 10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.24 cross-references: Psalms 103:2, Romans 14:6, Proverbs 3:9, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Deuteronomy 6:11–12
- 11Beware 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:16 cross-references: Psalms 106:21, Proverbs 1:32, Hosea 2:8–9, Ezekiel 16:10–15, Proverbs 30:9
- 12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;23 cross-references: Proverbs 30:9, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 28:47, Hosea 13:5–6, Jeremiah 22:14–15
- 13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;10 cross-references: Job 1:3, Genesis 13:1–5, Luke 12:13–21, Psalms 39:6
- 14Then 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;24 cross-references: Psalms 106:21, 1 Corinthians 4:7–8, 2 Chronicles 26:16, Deuteronomy 8:11, 2 Chronicles 32:25
- 15Who 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;32 cross-references: Numbers 21:6, Numbers 20:11, Jeremiah 2:6, Deuteronomy 1:19, Psalms 114:8
- 16Who 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;36 cross-references: Deuteronomy 8:3, James 1:12, Exodus 16:15, Hebrews 12:10–11, 1 Peter 1:7
- 17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.33 cross-references: Deuteronomy 9:4, 1 Corinthians 4:7, Daniel 4:30, Isaiah 10:8–14, Hosea 12:8
- 18But 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.22 cross-references: Proverbs 10:22, Hosea 2:8, Deuteronomy 7:8, Psalms 127:1–2, Deuteronomy 7:12
- 19And 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.28 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:26, 1 Samuel 12:25, Amos 3:2, Deuteronomy 29:25–28, Zephaniah 3:6
- 20As 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.5 cross-references: Daniel 9:11–12, 2 Chronicles 36:16–17
Explained connections
- Not by bread alone
Moses reminds Israel that God let them hunger in the wilderness and fed them manna to teach that people live by every word from God's mouth. Tempted after forty days of fasting, Jesus answers Satan with this verse: where Israel failed its forty-year test, the true Son trusts the Father.
- Forty in the wilderness
Moses reminds Israel that God led them forty years in the wilderness to test them. Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days and tested — and he succeeds where Israel failed.
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