Deuteronomy 8:3-18

New International Version

³ He humbled^(A) you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,^(B) which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach^(C) you that man does not live on bread^(D) alone but on every word that comes from the mouth^(E) of the Lord.^{(F) 4} Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.^{(G) 5} Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.^(H)

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

¹⁰ When you have eaten and are satisfied,^(T) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. ¹¹ Be careful that you do not forget^(U) 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,^{(V) 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^(W) 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,^(X) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes^(Y) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.^{(Z) 16} He gave you manna^(AA) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,^(AB) to humble and test^(AC) you so that in the end it might go well with you. ¹⁷ You may say to yourself,^(AD) “My power and the strength of my hands^(AE) 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,^(AF) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.