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Themes in Deuteronomy 8

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Themes in Deuteronomy 8

Deuteronomy 8:1 (show verse)

You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.

No Themes for this verse.

Deuteronomy 8:2 (show verse)

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

journey of israel through the Desert » Continued forty years » To prove and humble them, &c
God » Leader » In difficult places, for testing
divine Leader » In difficult places, for testing
Life » Lessons of » Probation, a
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Leading saints
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
Temptation » A test
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way

So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.

Afflictions made beneficial » In humbling us
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Israel
journey of israel through the Desert » With miraculous provision
journey of israel through the Desert » Continued forty years » To teach them to live on God's word
Examples of Afflictions » Exemplified » Israel
Humility » Afflictions intended to produce
Israel » Providence » Care
Life » What man lives by
Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Spiritual life » Is maintained by » The word of God
Man » Man living by the word of God
Manna » Previously unknown
Manna » Given » To teach that man does not live by bread only
The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Food for the soul
The word of God » Man living by the word of God

Deuteronomy 8:4 (show verse)

Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

Clothing » Of the israelites, did not become old
journey of israel through the Desert » Their clothing preserved during
Feet » Were liable to » Swelling from walking
Garments » Called » Raiment
Garments » Of israel preserved for forty years
Israel » Providence » Care

Deuteronomy 8:5 (show verse)

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

Adoption » Subjects saints to the fatherly discipline of God
Afflicted saints » Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Afflictions » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Afflictions » From God
Afflictions » Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Israel
Chastisement » The lord chastening
themes for Consideration » The purpose for chastisement
Examples of Afflictions » Exemplified » Israel
Temptation » A test
Thoughtfulness » Themes for consideration, by the spiritual mind » The purpose for chastisement
Trials » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
Trials » From God

Deuteronomy 8:6 (show verse)

So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

No Themes for this verse.

Deuteronomy 8:7 (show verse)

For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

Agriculture or husbandry » Soil of canaan suited to
Brooks » Canaan abounded with
Canaan » Land of » Fertility of
Canaan, land of » Modern name, palestine » Description of
Fountains and springs » Found in hills and valleys
Fountains and springs » Abound in canaan
Holy land » Extremely fruitful
Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers
Valleys » Abounded with » Fountains and springs

Deuteronomy 8:8 (show verse)

a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey,

Agriculture or husbandry » Soil of canaan suited to
Barley » Palestine
Canaan » Land of » Products of » Fruits
Canaan » Land of » Fertility of
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Fruitful land
Fig » Common to palestine
Fig tree » Abounded in » Canaan
Holy land » Extremely fruitful
Honey » Abounded in » Canaan
Honey » Plentiful in palestine
Oil » Canaan abounded in
Olive » Common to the land of canaan
Olive Trees » Canaan abounded in
Olive Trees » Oil procured from
Pomegranate-trees » Canaan abounded with
Trees » Varieties » Fig
Trees » Varieties » Pomegranate
The vine » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 8:9 (show verse)

a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

Agriculture or husbandry » Soil of canaan suited to
Brass » A mineral of canaan
Brass » Canaan abounded in
Brass » Dug out of the mountains
Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty
Canaan » Land of » Fertility of
Canaan » Land of » Products of » Mineral
Copper » Translated brass
the Earth » Full of minerals
Holy land » Extremely fruitful
Holy land » Abounded in minerals
Iron » The land of canaan abounded with
Iron » First recorded use of » Stones of
Iron » First recorded use of » Ore of
Metals » The holy land abounded in
Mountains » Abounded with » Minerals

Deuteronomy 8:10 (show verse)

You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

Prosperity » Dangers of
Thankfulness » Exhortations to

Deuteronomy 8:11 (show verse)

Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

Forgetfulness » Prosperity tends to
Forgetting God » Prosperity tends to
Forgetting God » Cautions against
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
Prosperity » Dangers of
Remembrance » Remembering the lord

Deuteronomy 8:12 (show verse)

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

Forgetting God » Prosperity often leads to
Forgetting God » Prosperity leads to
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
Prosperity » Dangers of
Remembrance » Remembering the lord
Sciences » Architecture

Deuteronomy 8:13 (show verse)

when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

Forgetting God » Prosperity often leads to
Forgetting God » Prosperity leads to
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
Prosperity » Dangers of
Remembrance » Remembering the lord
Riches » Often lead to » Forgetting God
earthly Riches » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God
earthly Treasures » The perils of » Incline to forgetfulness of God

Deuteronomy 8:14 (show verse)

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Deuteronomy 8:15 (show verse)

and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

Animals » Sent in judgment
Desert » An arid region having only sparse vegetation
journey of israel through the Desert » Difficulty and danger of
Deserts » Described as » Dry and without water
Deserts » Infested with serpents
Drought » General reference to
Meteorology » Drought, general references to
Prosperity » Dangers of
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Leading saints
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Flying fiery serpent
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Scorpion
Rock » Struck by moses for water
Rocks » Often composed of flint
Scorpion » A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which the people of israel journeyed
Scorpions » Abounded in the great desert
Serpent » Fiery (poisonous), sent as a plague upon the israelites
Serpents » Infest » Deserts

Deuteronomy 8:16 (show verse)

fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

Afflictions made beneficial » In humbling us
Manna » Previously unknown
Manna » Given » To humble and prove israel
Prosperity » Dangers of

Deuteronomy 8:17 (show verse)

Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."

Prosperity » Dangers of
Riches » They who possess, should » Not boast of obtaining them
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy

Deuteronomy 8:18 (show verse)

You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

Endowments » Spiritual promised » Temporal
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Temporal, to men
Gifts from God » Temporal » Should cause us to remember God
the Gifts of God » Temporal » Should cause us to remember God
God » Spiritual promised » Temporal
Prosperity » Dangers of
The Providence of God » To be acknowledged » In prosperity
Riches » God gives power to obtain
earthly Riches » The gift of God
Temporal » Gifts to men
earthly Treasures » Disappointing » Men entrusted with, by God
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy

Deuteronomy 8:19 (show verse)

Now if you forget the Lord your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.

Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Idolatry » They who practice » Forget God
Idolatry » Consists in » Walking after other gods

Deuteronomy 8:20 (show verse)

Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.

Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord