1: All 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.
2: And 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.
3: And 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.
4: Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee,
neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
5: Thou shalt also
consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God
chasteneth thee.
6: Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the
LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7: For 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;
8: A land of wheat,
and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and
honey;
9: A 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: When thou hast eaten and art
full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath
given thee.
11: Beware 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:
12: Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast
built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13: And when thy herds and
thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that
thou hast is multiplied;
14: Then 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;
15: Who 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;
16: Who 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;
17: And thou say in thine heart, My power and the
might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18: But 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.
19: And 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.
20: As 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.