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The Danger of Abundance
Commentators unanimously agree that prosperity, while a blessing from God, carries a significant spiritual danger. The comfort of being "full" and living in "goodly houses" can lead to a heart being "lifted up" in pride, causing people to forget God as the ultimate source of their success.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 8:12
19th Century
Bishop
You have built goodly houses. —One of the conditions prescribed by Jonadab the son of Rechab to his family was, “All your days…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 8:12–16
19th Century
Preacher
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy si…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 8:12
16th Century
Theologian
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full. He more fully explains what we have already observed, namely, that it might happen, in the gradual…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 8:12
17th Century
Pastor
Lest when you have eaten and are full
Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with g…
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…