⁵ Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.^(A)

⁶ Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him^(B) and revering him.^{(C) 7} For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land^(D)—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;^{(E) 8} a land with wheat and barley,^(F) vines^(G) and fig trees,^(H) pomegranates, olive oil and honey;^{(I) 9} a land where bread^(J) will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;^(K) a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.^(L)

¹⁰ When you have eaten and are satisfied,^(M) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. ¹¹ Be careful that you do not forget^(N) the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. ¹² Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,^{(O) 13} and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, ¹⁴ then your heart will become proud and you will forget^(P) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. ¹⁵ He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,^(Q) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes^(R) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.^{(S) 16} He gave you manna^(T) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,^(U) to humble and test^(V) you so that in the end it might go well with you. ¹⁷ You may say to yourself,^(W) “My power and the strength of my hands^(X) have produced this wealth for me.” ¹⁸ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,^(Y) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

¹⁹ If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods^(Z) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.^{(AA) 20} Like the nations^(AB) the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.^(AC)

⁵ And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father? ⁸ If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline^(E)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. ⁹ Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits^(F) and live!^{(G) 10} They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.^{(H) 11} No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace^(I) for those who have been trained by it.