Deuteronomy 8:14

Translations

Modern

…then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Traditional

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;

Literal

…and your heart is lifted up, and you forget YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;

Latin

…elevetur cor tuum, et non reminiscaris Domini Dei tui, qui eduxit te de terra Ægypti, de domo servitutis,

Original

Hebrew

English

…then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Notes

Deuteronomy 8:1–20

After Israel settled in the land, they might begin to think that their success came from their own strength and skill. This is a common human tendency.

Moses warned them not to become proud or congratulate themselves. They must remember that God alone gives prosperity and success. All that they achieve comes from him.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Curses and Blessings Remember Him

Related verses

Psalm 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
1 Corinthians 4:7–8
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
Deuteronomy 8:11
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 2:31
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
Deuteronomy 17:20
Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Pride

Topics

Backsliders: General Scriptures Concerning Forgetting God: Prosperity Leads To Forgetting God: Prosperity often Leads To Ingratitude of Man to God Ingratitude to God: Warnings Against Obedience: Enjoined Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Prosperity: Dangers of Riches: General Scriptures Concerning Riches: Often Lead to Forgetting God Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning

Deuteronomy 8:14

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