Deuteronomy 8:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,”
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“Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
King James Version · Public Domain“lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 8:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 6:10And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
- Deuteronomy 31:20When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- Jeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
- Ezekiel 11:3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
- Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- Luke 17:28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
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