Deuteronomy 8:12

New International Reader's Version

But suppose you don’t obey his commands. And suppose you have plenty to eat. You build fine houses and live in them.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:9

If you don’t, I might have too much. Then I might say I don’t know you. I might say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I might become poor and steal. Then I would bring shame to the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

So I started some large projects. I built houses for myself. I planted vineyards.

Ezekiel 11:3

They say, ‘Haven’t our houses just been built again? The city is like a pot used for cooking. And we are the meat in it.’

Amos 5:11

You make poor people pay tax on their straw. You also tax their grain. So, even though you have built stone houses, you won’t live in them. You have planted fruitful vineyards. But you won’t drink the wine they produce.

Haggai 1:4

“My temple is still destroyed. But you are living in your houses that have beautiful wooden walls.”

Luke 17:28

“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking. They were buying and selling. They were planting and building.

Deuteronomy 28:47

You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.

Deuteronomy 31:20

I will bring them into a land that has plenty of milk and honey. I promised the land to their people of long ago. In that land they will eat until they have had enough. They will get fat. When they do, they will turn to other gods and worship them. They will turn their backs on me. They will break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:15

When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.

Deuteronomy 6:10

The Lord your God will bring you into the land of Canaan. He gave his word. He promised he would give the land to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The land has large, wealthy cities you didn’t build.

Deuteronomy 8:13

The number of your herds and flocks increases. You also get more and more silver and gold. And everything you have multiplies.