Deuteronomy 8:12

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Summary

Deuteronomy 8:12

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

Lest when

Hosea 13:5

And hast built

General references

Job 31:24

Luke 17:27

Bible References

Lest when

You did not serve Jehovah your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.

When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn me and break my covenant.

Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

If I am full I could deny you and say, Who is Jehovah? Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God's name in vain.

I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.

And hast built

I made great works. I built houses for myself. I planted vineyards for myself.

Woe to him who says: 'I will build myself a roomy house with spacious upper rooms, and cut out its windows. I will panel it with cedar and paint it bright red (vermilion).'

They say: 'It is almost time to rebuild houses. This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Is it time for you to dwell in your roofed and covered houses, while this house is desolate?

The days of Lot were similar. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted and they built.

General references

If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,

They ate, they drank and they got married until Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came, and destroyed them all.