Deuteronomy 8:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

you will have plenty to eat, and you will build good houses to live in.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

I did some great things. I built houses and planted vineyards.

Ezekiel 11:3

They say things like, ‘Let's build more houses. This city is like a cooking pot over a fire, and we are the meat, but at least the pot keeps us from being burnt in the fire.’

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Luke 17:28

When Lot lived, people were also eating and drinking. They were buying, selling, planting, and building.

Deuteronomy 28:47

If the LORD makes you wealthy, but you don't joyfully worship and honour him,

Deuteronomy 31:20

I am bringing them into the land that I promised their ancestors. It is a land rich with milk and honey, and the Israelites will have more than enough food to eat. But they will get fat and turn their backs on me and start worshipping other gods. The Israelites will reject me and break the agreement that I made with them.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator; you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.

Deuteronomy 6:10

The LORD promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you this land. Now he will take you there and give you large towns, with good buildings that you didn't build,

Deuteronomy 8:13

You will get more and more cattle, sheep, silver, gold, and other possessions.