Deuteronomy 8:12
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12 otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,
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Deuteronomy 8:14
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14 then your heart will become lifted up [by self-conceit and arrogance] and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Deuteronomy 8:17
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17 Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’
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Nehemiah 9:25-26
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25
“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of all good things,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
And [a]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and became fat,
And they reveled and were delighted in Your great goodness.
26
“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:25 Lit food.
Job 31:24
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24
“If I have put my trust and confidence in gold,
Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,
Hosea 13:6
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6
When they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud (self-centered);
Therefore they forgot Me.
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