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and houses full of all good things, which you didn`t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn`t dig, vineyards and olive-trees, which you didn`t plant, and you shall eat and be full;
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The Peril of Plenty
All commentators agree that this verse serves as a powerful warning. When God provides abundance we did not earn—houses we didn't fill, wells we didn't dig—the greatest spiritual danger is forgetting the Giver. As Charles Spurgeon notes, pride often accompanies prosperity, leading us to thank ourselves for blessings and forget God. The verse is a call to remain vigilant in gratitude, especially when life is comfortable.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Israelites were at the point of quitting their previous nomadic life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exc…
19th Century
Anglican
The song of Moses supplies a prophetic comment upon this in Deuteronomy 32:15: “Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked ... then he forsook God.” “…
Baptist
And you shall write them upon the posts of your house, and on your gates. And it shall be, when the LORD your God shall have brought you into t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And houses full of all good things which you did not fill , &c.] Not only full of good, convenient, and rich househo…
Here are means for maintaining and nurturing religion in our hearts and homes.
Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our heart…
