Deu 8:12-14 | NETfull | STEP | When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure ^{▼▼ The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12–14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.} you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,