Deuteronomy 8:14 KJV
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;
Thou and Ye
- thine, thou, thy, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Exhortations and cautions further enforcedMoses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against...
Thompson Chains
- Pride (2)See the chain from Exodus 5:2 · 12 links
- Self-exaltationSee the chain from Proverbs 17:19 · 10 links
- Bondage of IsraelSee the chain from Exodus 1:11 · 7 links
Cross References
- Psalms 106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 8:11 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:
- Deuteronomy 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 2:6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
- Jeremiah 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
- 1 Corinthians 4:7–8 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? …
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Topics
- Backsliders General scriptures concerning
- Forgetting God Prosperity leads to
- Ingratitude Of man to God
- Obedience Enjoined
- Obligation A motive of obedience
- Pride General scriptures concerning
- Prosperity Dangers of
- Riches General scriptures concerning
- Temptation General scriptures concerning
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Places
- EgyptRegion · today Ain Shams · Location well established
- Places in Deuteronomy 8 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
- EgyptThe land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Then thine heart לְבָבֶךָ lĕbābekā לֵבָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- be lifted up וְרָם wĕrām רוּם Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- and thou forget וְשָׁכַחְתָּ wĕšākaḥtā שָׁכַח Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine singular · with and
- the LORD אֶת ʾet Object marker יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- thy God אֱלֹהֶיךָ ʾĕlōhêkā אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- which brought thee forth הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ hammôṣîʾăkā יָצָא Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular construct · with the, suffix: second person masculine singular
- out of the land מֵאֶרֶץ mēʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of Egypt מִצְרַיִם miṣrayim מִצְרַיִם Proper name
- from the house מִבֵּית mibbêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of bondage עֲבָדִים ʿăbādîm עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural
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