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The Peril of Prosperity
Commentators unanimously warn that times of prosperity are times of great spiritual danger. Charles Spurgeon highlights that we may need more prayer when we are prosperous than when we are in need. John Calvin adds that prosperity 'intoxicates almost all of us,' leading to arrogance and forgetting God, a weakness he sees as a common corruption of human nature.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 8:11
19th Century
Bishop
Beware that. —Deuteronomy 8:11 to Deuteronomy 8:18 inclusive is one long sentence in the Hebrew, and can be understood…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 8:11
19th Century
Preacher
Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 8:11
16th Century
Theologian
Beware that you forget not263; we may easily estimate the necessity of this admonition from the common corruption of human natu…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 8:11
17th Century
Pastor
Beware that you forget not the Lord your God
The Father of mercies and fountain of goodness, the author and donor of…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 8:10–20
17th Century
Minister
Moses points to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let us always remember our Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses also arms us ag…