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Deuteronomy 8:13 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 8 · verse 13
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;Deuteronomy 8:13 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 8:13 in context
11Beware 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:
12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14Then 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;
15Who 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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- flockstsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- herdsbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either genderH1241 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
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Moses, having mentioned the great plenty they would find in the land of Canaan, finds it necessary to caution them against the abuse of that plenty, which was a sin they would be the more prone to new that they came into the vineyard of the Lord, immediately out of a barren desert. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20