Deuteronomy 8:18

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Remember the Lord your God is the one who gives you power to do these things. He does this because he wants to keep the agreement that he made with your ancestors, as he is doing today!

Cross References

Proverbs 10:22

It is the Lord’s blessing that brings wealth, and no hard work can add to it.

Hosea 2:8

“Israel didn’t know that I, the Lord, was the one who gave her grain, wine, and oil. I kept giving her more and more silver and gold, but she used this silver and gold to make statues of Baal.

Deuteronomy 7:8

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt with great power and made you free from slavery. He freed you from the control of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The Lord did this because he loves you and he wanted to keep the promise he made to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 7:12

“If you listen to these laws, and if you are careful to obey them, the Lord your God will keep his agreement of love with you. He promised this to your ancestors.

Psalm 144:1

Praise the Lord! He is my Rock. He prepares me for war. He trains me for battle.

Deuteronomy 26:10

Now, Lord, I bring you the first harvest from the land that you gave me.’ “Then you must put the harvest down before the Lord your God and bow down to worship him.

Judges 7:2

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “I am going to help your men defeat the Midianites, but you have too many men. I don’t want the Israelites to forget me and brag that they saved themselves.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes some poor, and he makes others rich. He humbles some people, and he honors others.

2 Chronicles 25:9

Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what about the money I already paid to the Israelite army?” The man of God answered, “The Lord has plenty. He can give you much more than that.”

Psalm 44:3

It was not our fathers’ swords that took the land. It was not their strong arms that brought them victory. It was your power. It was because you accepted them and smiled down on them.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw other things in this life that were not fair. The fastest runner does not always win the race; the strongest soldier does not always win the battle; wise people don’t always get the food; smart people don’t always get the wealth; educated people don’t always get the praise they deserve. When the time comes, bad things can happen to anyone!

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad times come—before the years come when you say, “I have wasted my life.”

Genesis 32:14

He took 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep.

Deuteronomy 6:11

He will give you houses full of good things that you did not put there. He will give you wells that you did not dig. He will give you vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, and you will have plenty to eat.

Deuteronomy 8:1

“You must obey all the commands that I give you today, because then you will live and grow to become a great nation. You will get the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.

Judges 3:7

The Lord saw that the Israelites did evil things. They forgot about the Lord their God and served the false gods Baal and Asherah.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Riches and honor come from you. You rule everything. You have the power and strength in your hand! And in your hand is the power to make anyone great and powerful!

Jeremiah 23:27

They are trying to make the people of Judah forget my name by telling each other these false dreams. They are trying to make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and worshiped the false god Baal.