Deu 8:1 | Clarke | STEP | An exhortation to obedience from a consideration of God's past mercies, , . Man is not to live by bread only, but by every word of God, . How God provided for them in the wilderness, . The Lord chastened them that they might be obedient, , . A description of the land into which they were going, . Cautions lest they should forget God in their prosperity, , and lest they should attribute that prosperity to themselves, and not to God, , . The terrible judgments that shall fall upon them, should they prove unfaithful, , .

Deuteronomy 8:1

Introduction

An exhortation to obedience from a consideration of God's past mercies, Deu 8:1, Deu 8:2. Man is not to live by bread only, but by every word of God, Deu 8:3. How God provided for them in the wilderness, Deu 8:4. The Lord chastened them that they might be obedient, Deu 8:5, Deu 8:6. A description of the land into which they were going, Deu 8:7-9. Cautions lest they should forget God in their prosperity, Deu 8:10-16, and lest they should attribute that prosperity to themselves, and not to God, Deu 8:17, Deu 8:18. The terrible judgments that shall fall upon them, should they prove unfaithful, Deu 8:19, Deu 8:20.